Ophioglossum vulgatum
Ecology
A rhizomatous, deciduous fern found on mildly acidic to base-rich soils in open woodland, meadows and damp pastures, and on sand dunes, under Pteridium on heaths, and on peat in regularly mown fen. 0-660 m (Burnhope Seat, Cumberland).
Status
Trends
O. vulgatum is an inconspicuous species which is very much better recorded than in the 1962 Atlas. It has been lost from many lowland sites where the intensification of agriculture, grazing and drainage have contributed to its decline.
World Distribution
Circumpolar Temperate element, with a disjunct distribution.
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Atlas Change Index: 0.72
JNCC Designations
Atlas text references
Atlas (16a)
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1986. Atlas of north European vascular plants north of the Tropic of Cancer. 3 vols.
Jalas & Suominen (1972)
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1978. Ferns and their allies. The Island of Mull: a survey of its flora and environment. :12.1-12.7.
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1965. Vergleichende Chorologie der zentraleuropäischen Flora. Volume 1. 2 vols.
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1997. The ferns of Britain and Ireland, edn 2.