Athyrium
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Fern
A fern is any one of a group of about 12,000 species of plants belonging to the botanical group known as Pteridophyta. Unlike mosses, they have xylem and phloem . They have stems, leaves, and roots like other vascular plants...
s, with a cosmopolitan distribution
Cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a taxon is said to have a cosmopolitan distribution if its range extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. For instance, the killer whale has a cosmopolitan distribution, extending over most of the world's oceans. Other examples include humans, the lichen...
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Athyrium species are used as food plants by the larva
Larva
A larva is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle...
e of some Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera is a large order of insects that includes moths and butterflies . It is one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterflies, skipper butterflies, and moth-butterflies...
species including Small Angle Shades
Small Angle Shades
The small angle shades is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed throughout Europe.As the common name suggests, this species is closely related to the angle shades , and is considerably smaller , but does not especially resemble that species...
and Sthenopis auratus
Sthenopis
Sthenopis is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are eight described species found in North America and China.-Species:*Sthenopis argenteomaculatus - Canada/United States*Recorded food plants: Alnus, Betula, Salix...
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Species
There are about 180, including:
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Athyrium filix-femina Athyrium filix-femina is a large, feathery species of fern native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere, where it is often abundant in damp, shady woodland environments and is often grown for decoration.The plant is caespitose Athyrium filix-femina (Lady Fern or Common Lady-fern)... Athyrium flexile Athyrium flexile, commonly known as Newman's Lady-fern, is a fern endemic to Scotland.It is an upland variety typically found above 750 metres on screes made up of siliceous rocks such as quartzite and granite in the Highlands where it is found at only four sites... Athyrium medium Athyrium medium is a species of fern in the Athyriaceae family. It is found in Tristan da Cunha. Its natural habitat is subantarctic shrubland.-References:* Roux, J.P. 2003. . Downloaded on 20 August 2007.... Athyrium niponicum Athyrium niponicum is a species of fern in the genus Athyrium, native to eastern Asia in Japan, northern China, Korea and Taiwan.It is a deciduous herbaceous plant, with a whorl of fronds growing from the basal rootstock... |
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