In Search of the Biggest European Fern

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In biotopes at the boundary of temperate and subtropical latitudes, the biomes of moist mesothermal climate forests can be locally found, distinguished by a great diversity of fern species. The ornamental fern Woodwardia radicans from the family Blechnaceae is probably the tallest European species, the leaves of which can reach up to 3.8 m in length in favourable conditions.

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