Common nameLady Fern Athyrium filix-femina © Natural History Museum Latin names ClassPteridopsida OrderPolypodiales FamilyAthyriaceae GenusAthyrium Speciesfilix-femina Geographic details Habitatnear water Soil typetolerant DistributionThroughout British Isles NativeYes General Plant heightmedium BranchedNo Plant colourmid-green Habitdense cluster Conservation statusnot threatened Wikimedia Urlhttps://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Athyrium_filix-femina Leaf details Separate fertile leavesNo Leaf shapeelliptic-lanceolate Pinnae2-3-pinnate WintergreenNo Spore details Spore descriptionminutely scabrid HomosporeYes Rhizome details Rhizome descriptionshort Rhizome scalestriangular-lanceolate Rhizome positionerect Sori details Sori shapelinear-oblong Sori descriptionoften J-shaped Sori placeclose to vein Indusium details Indusium presentYes Indusium shapelinear-oblong Indusium descriptionmembranous