Walking Fern

Walking Fern

Walking Fern Camptosorus rhizophyllus is clearly closely related to the spleenworts and was once included in their genus. The leaves are not sub-divided into leaflets but are long and tapering. When the tip of a leaf touches the ground it takes root and produces a baby plant and so the fern "walks" and spreads across the mossy limestone rocks where it likes to grow. [CH] {FG}