Family |
Blechnaceae
Blechnum spicant
(L.) Roth
Blechnum spicant (L.) Roth
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 1, Pl. III nº 1; 1966)
Life-form & habit: Perennial fern with a thick, oblique rhizome.
Leaves: Dimorphic; sterile fronds 15–30 cm long, erect-spreading, subcoriaceous, persistent, pinnatisect with broad, often confluent, lanceolate, entire pinnae.
Fertile fronds: Erect, central, fewer in number, long-petiolate, longer than sterile fronds, with linear, alternate, spaced pinnae densely covered on their inner surface with confluent sori, except at the apex.
Sori: Linear, lateral, with continuous indusia on the inner surface of fertile pinnae.
Phenology: Fructifies in summer.
Habitat & elevation: Calcifuge and hydrophilous, found in cool, moist habitats.
Lebanese distribution: Mi. Broummana, Salima, Bikfaya, Ghoueir, Mayrouba, Qrayé; Mm. Col de Zahlé, Bân.
Native range: Alaska, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Madeira, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Oregon, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Türkey, Türkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Washington. (KEW)