Plants : ThelypteridaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Phegopteris connectilis (Michaux) Watt

Beech Fern

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Phegopteris connectilis

Description: A rather uncommon plant of glens, mountain crags and other rocky outcrops, avoiding the most acidic rock types.

All names: Phegopteris connectilis (Michaux) Watt; Thelypteris phegopteris (L.) Slosson; Phegopteris polypodioides Fee; Polypodium phegopteris L.; Dryopteris phegopteris (L.) C.Chr.

Distribution Map from NBN: Phegopteris connectilis at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Phegopteris connectilis at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Phegopteris connectilis. (Michaux) Watt. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=2082. Accessed on 2026-11-02.