There were beautiful examples of this fern to be seen growing from cracks and in the grikes of the limestone pavement all over the Burren. The young whitish coloured spores on the backs of the fronds turn red when mature giving Ceterach officinarum its English name of Rustyback.
Burren, County Clare, Ireland
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