The descriptive text, below the map, is from the Cornish Red Data Book (2009). The map on this web page depicts the organisms distribution and shows the records made pre-2000 and those made since.
Range & Status
Native. An oceanic Boreo-temperate fern; confined to the hyperoceanic zone of Western Europe and Macaronesia. Found in western Britain and Ireland.
Regional Distribution
Only found on Bodmin Moor and West Penwith granite moorland areas.
Habitat & Ecology
Found amongst granite boulders, on clitter slopes and in granite tor crevices. It needs high humidity all year round.
Threats
No present ones known.
Conservation
Some of the sites are owned by the National Trust and/or SSSI.
I.J. Bennallick, S. Board, C.N. French, P.A. Gainey, C. Neil, R. Parslow, A. Spalding and P.E. Tompsett. eds. 2009. Red Data Book for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. 2nd Edition.Croceago Press.
The Cornish Red Data Book Project was led by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Federation for Biological Recorders (CISFBR). The full text and species accounts (minus the maps) are available on the CISFBR website.