Cystopteris montana

Common name

Mountain Bladder Fern

Cystopteris montana

© Natural History Museum

Latin names

Class

Pteridopsida

Order

Polypodiales

Family

Athyriaceae

Genus

Cystopteris

Species

montana

Alternative Family name

Cystopteridaceae

Geographic details

Habitat

wet alpine N-facing

Soil type

alkaline

Distribution

W Scotland

Native

Yes

General

Plant height

medium

Branched

No

Habit

lvs single

Conservation status

vulnerable

Wikimedia Url

https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cystopteris_montana

Leaf details

Separate fertile leaves

No

Leaf shape

ovate-triangular

Pinnae

2-4-pinnate-pinnatisect

Wintergreen

No

Spore details

Spore description

rounded protuberances

Homospore

Yes

Rhizome details

Rhizome description

slender branching

Rhizome scales

fringed with glands

Rhizome position

creeping

Sori details

Sori shape

ovoid

Sori place

on lateral veins closer to midrib

Indusium details

Indusium present

Yes

Indusium shape

ovoid

Indusium description

acute or lacerate at apex