On an expedition to photograph Allium sphaerocephalon (Round-headed Leek) in the Avon Gorge, I came across an unusual Polypody. It wasn't anything like P. vulgare (Polypody) because the height, leaf-shape, leaf texture and colour were all wrong. Looking it up in about four different reference books it seems to have all the features of P. cambricum although I didn't think to look at the sori. The leaves are rather triangular and have some serrations, the bottom pinnules point away from the mid-rib and it was at least 40 cm tall and stood upright in the woods. This plant prefers limestone areas according to most texts and the largest concentration of it is in the Bristol/Somerset area of the British Isles which is exactly where it was found.
Woods on Avon Gorge, 2nd August 2005
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Added on December 14th 2005