Athyrium filix femina
opdehaar | 24-5-2010 16:32
Photo take on 23rd May on the "Lonicera path" in the wood. This is the lady fern. It is very common in moist areas throughout Europe. It prefers acid soils and dies down early in winter.
Athyrium filix-femina (Lady Fern or Common Lady-fern) is a large, feathery species of fern native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere where it is often abundant (one of the more common ferns) in damp, shady woodland environments and is often grown for decoration.
The plant is caespitose (the fronds arising from a central point as a clump rather than along a rhizome). The fronds are light yellow-green, 20-90 cm long and 5-25 cm broad; they are deliciduous.