Polystitchum aculeatum (Hard Shield Fern) - Click over image to enlarge
Polystitchum aculeatum (Hard Shield Fern) - Click over image to enlarge
Photo taken 14th June 2017
Polystitchum aculeatum (Hard Shield Fern) - Click over image to enlarge
Photo: 25th June 2012
A close up of the Pinnules of the Hard Shield Fern (Polystichum aculeatum)
on Uberash Roughs, Hutton Roof Common on 1st July 2020
Photo: 25th June 2012
on Uberash Roughs, Hutton Roof Common on 1st July 2020
Above we have a photo showing part of a typical frond showing the close ups of pinnae
'Into the groove'
Polystitchum aculeatum (Hard Shield Fern) - Click over image to enlarge
Polystitchum aculeatum (Hard Shield Fern) - Click over image to enlarge
This photo gives you a clear look at the full frond with tapering at base etc
Photo: 18th November 2013 near to Holly Ferns
Polystitchum aculeatum (Hard Shield Fern) - Click over photo to enlarge
This photo shows the sori arrangement on the underside of the pinnae
The photo was taken on 10th June 2012 on Burton Fell
Polystitchum aculeatum (Hard Shield Fern) - Click over photo to enlarge
This photo shows the sori arrangement on the underside of the pinnae
Photo: taken on Clawthorpe Fell on 28th July 2011
(below) Young aculeatum
A young aculeatum (click over to enlarge)
You could be forgiven in thinking it was a lonchitis
Photo shows frond at about 8" and was taken on 18th November 2013
in the vicinity of the Holly Fern
Polystitchum aculeatum (Hard Shield Fern)
Obviously deformed young emerging frond with damaged repetitive pinnae
Photo: Lancelot Clark Storth (CWT) on 25th May 2020
Polystitchum aculeatum (Hard Shield Fern) (Click over to enlarge)
This branches off towards the end of the frond.
found on Holme Park Fell on 9th September 2017
Polystitchum aculeatum (Hard Shield Fern) (Click over to enlarge)
Unusual frond found on Holme Park Fell on 12th September 2017
Polystitchum aculeatum (Hard Shield Fern) (Click over to enlarge)
Unusual frond found on Holme Park Fell on 12th September 2017
Polystitchum aculeatum (Click over to enlarge)
This unusual branced specimen was found on Holme Park Fell on
16th September 2017
Polystitchum aculeatum (Click over to enlarge)
This unusual branced specimen was found on Holme Park Fell on
16th September 2017
Polystitchum aculeatum (Click over to enlarge)
Crested to end of frond
Photo: 26th June 2012
Polystitchum aculeatum (Hard Shield Fern) Click over to enlarge
Note how the pinnae sort of bend over on the ends and you can see in situ with
the other surrounding aculeatums in the top photo.
Photo: 9th June 2015
Polystitchum aculeatum (Hard Shield Fern) Click over to enlarge
Note how the pinnae sort of bend over on the ends and you can see in situ with
the other surrounding aculeatums in the top photo.
Photo: 9th June 2015 somewhere on the Common nr Northern Bedstraw
Polystichum aculeatum (Hard Shield Fern) Click over to enlarge
These photos show plants still looking well from 2018
and photos taken today (16th February 2019) Dalton Crags
Polystitchum aculeatum (Hard Shield Fern) - Click over image to enlarge
This photo gives you a clear look at the full frond with tapering at base etc
Photo: 18th November 2013 near to Holly Ferns
This photo shows the sori arrangement on the underside of the pinnae
The photo was taken on 10th June 2012 on Burton Fell
This photo shows the sori arrangement on the underside of the pinnae
Photo: taken on Clawthorpe Fell on 28th July 2011
(below) Young aculeatum
You could be forgiven in thinking it was a lonchitis
Photo shows frond at about 8" and was taken on 18th November 2013
in the vicinity of the Holly Fern
Obviously deformed young emerging frond with damaged repetitive pinnae
Photo: Lancelot Clark Storth (CWT) on 25th May 2020
This branches off towards the end of the frond.
found on Holme Park Fell on 9th September 2017
Unusual frond found on Holme Park Fell on 12th September 2017
Unusual frond found on Holme Park Fell on 12th September 2017
This unusual branced specimen was found on Holme Park Fell on
16th September 2017
This unusual branced specimen was found on Holme Park Fell on
16th September 2017
Crested to end of frond
Photo: 26th June 2012
Note how the pinnae sort of bend over on the ends and you can see in situ with
the other surrounding aculeatums in the top photo.
Photo: 9th June 2015
Note how the pinnae sort of bend over on the ends and you can see in situ with
the other surrounding aculeatums in the top photo.
Photo: 9th June 2015 somewhere on the Common nr Northern Bedstraw
These photos show plants still looking well from 2018
and photos taken today (16th February 2019) Dalton Crags
Arnt we so privileged! just to enter the world of ferns is always spectacular, but especially narrowing it down to one of my favourites the Polystitchum acueleatum (Hard Shield Fern). It is one of the three from the family of Polystitchum we have in the UK.
I can find it all over the place LOCALLY! but the best concentration for me just has to be on Uberash Roughs on Hutton Roof Common. Here I might also be lucky to also find the other two Polystitchum ferns if I am lucky.
But what a place! and tucked away from the general views and not at all wanting to show their beauty without some sort of effort, and whilst being protected by the many limestone grykes, there they are just fanning their fronds