Wilson's filmy fern

Wilson's filmy fern

English

Wilson's filmy fern

Alternative forms

• Wilson's filmy-fern
• Wilson's Filmy Fern

Etymology

Named after William Wilson (botanist).

Noun

Wilson's filmy fern (uncountable)

1. Hymenophyllum wilsonii, a fern in the family Hymenophyllaceae, the filmy ferns.
   • 1864, Margaret Plues, Rambles in Search of Flowerless Plants‎, page 41:

     Here it was that the Lastrea Fœnisecii was growing in such luxuriance; and in the very cave of which it was the gate keeper I found Wilson's Filmy-Fern, clothing the moist sides as a curtain.

   • 1920, William Learmonth, Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire‎, published 2012, →ISBN, page 38:

     Parsley fern is plentiful on the higher hills, Wilson's filmy fern is common in sub-alpine glens, and moonwort, adder's tongue, hart's tongue and, very rarely, the royal fern are also to be got.

   • 2017, Brett Westwood and Stephen Moss, Wonderland: A Year of Britain's Wildlife, Day by Day‎, →ISBN:

     Thankfully Wilson's filmy fern has survived in many sheltered and humid places, including these Borrowdale rainforests.

Translations

Hymenophyllum wilsonii

Icelandic: mosaburkni (is) m