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Asplenium viride Huds.

green spleenwort (Aspleniaceae)

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Synonym | Asplenium trichomanes-ramosum L.

Asplenium viride is a mountain-dweller than differs from the more widespread Asplenium trichomanes by the green rather than blackish rachis to each leaf.

Glyderau (VC49: Caernarvonshire); 2015-02-27

 green spleenwort / Asplenium viride: _Asplenium viride_ is a mountain-dweller than differs from the more widespread _Asplenium trichomanes_ by the green rather than blackish rachis to each leaf.

The leaflets of Asplenium viride are more deeply crenate than those of Asplenium trichomanes, and the placement of the sori is slightly different.

Snowdon (VC49: Caernarvonshire); 2019-01-14

 green spleenwort / Asplenium viride: The leaflets of _Asplenium viride_ are more deeply crenate than those of _Asplenium trichomanes_, and the placement of the sori is slightly different.

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