Athyrium filix-femina

Native Range

Native Continent

Asia-Temperate, Northern America, Europe, Africa

Asia-Temperate

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ciscaucasia, Dagestan, Eastern Siberia, Far East, Georgia, Russian Federation, Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia, Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia, Russian Federation-Far East, Russian Federation-Western Siberia, Syria, Turkey, Western Siberia,Lebanon

Northern America

Canada, Northwest Territories (southwest), Yukon (south), Greenland, United States, Alaska, Québec, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, United States, Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas (east), Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota (southeast), South Dakota, Wisconsin, Colorado (west), Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, New Mexico, Texas (east), Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah,

Europe

Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom (U.K.), Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Russian Federation-European part, European part, Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Russian Federation, Saratov, Volgogradskaja oblast', Ukraine (incl. Krym), Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece (incl. Crete), Croatia, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, France (incl. Corsica), Portugal,

Africa

Algeria (north), Morocco, Tunisia

Natural Habitat

Moist sheltered woods, hedgebanks and ravines, usually on acidic soils but also found in drier and more open habitats.