Collection of documents relating to the Killarney Fern Project.
The Killarney Fern [Trichomanes speciosum Willd.]
Summary of Killarney Fern Project
Natural History Museum has been involved in research pertaining to Trichomanes speciosum for years. In 1992, Mary Gibby was awarded a special grant from the Museum to develop molecular methos to study genetic variation within the species. Followed by a three-year award to study genetic variation within the species (1992-1995), followed by three-year award from the Natural Environment Research Council
(NERC)to Mary Gibby and John Barrett, Dept. Of Genetics, University of Cambridge to extend this work into a project on “genetic population structure and dynamics of the sporophyte and gametophye populations of the endangered fern Trichomanes speciosum Willd.”
The Naturally History Museum and English Nature are joint Lead Partners on the Biodiversity Action Plan Species Action Plan or Trichomanes speciosum, the Killarney Fern. It was their responsibility to develop a work programme, based on the Species Action Plan and to agree on it with the Countryside outlies for Wales a a contact point
(from the ‘Introduction’ in the document “workshop on Trichomanes speciosum”)
Document List
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x2 copies “Workshop on Trichomanes speciosum, The Killarney Fern” Confidential report of proceedings” compiled by Mary Gibby in July 1997.
- One copy is missing page 8. Part of a workshop on Trichomanes speciosum that was held at the Natural History Museum in London on 15 May 1997.
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D.A. Ratcliffe, H.J.B. Birks, Hilary H. Birks,The ecology and conservation of the Killarney Fern Trichomanes speciosum willd. In Britain and Ireland, Biological Conservation, Volume 66, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 231-247, ISSN 0006-3207, https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3207(93)90008-O.
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Rumsey, F.J., Headley, A.D., Farrar, D.R., & Sheffield, E. (1991). The Killarney Fern (Trichomanes speciocum) in Yorkshire. The naturalist, 116, 41-43. ISSN 0028-0771
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Stewart, W. (1901) Notes on the occurrence of Trichomanes radicans Sw. in Scotland Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow 6:18-21
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various maps – hand drawn, printed, many annotated
