Leader Alison Evans. Dryopteris submontana (Rigid Buckler-fern) is almost completely confined to limestone habitats in the Yorkshire Dales and South Cumbria with only a small number of plants elsewhere
Meet at 1030 in the car park at SK 156563 on the A515 Buxton Road, south of Newhaven. In the morning we plan to monitor the D. submontana on the Tissington Trail, plus several Aspleniums, some D. affinis and Polystichum aculeatum.
In the afternoon it may be possible to visit another site for D. submontana in Miller’s Dale. More details following a recce. Contact acl.evans@btinternet.com for further information nearer the time.