English name: Beech Fern
Gaelic name: Raineach Fhaidhbile

Synonym: Thelypteris phegopteris

Atlas of Ferns:
Post 1950 records: Recorded in all hectads except NG62, 72.

British Pteridophyte Records:
The Fern Gazette Volume 12, Part 5, (1983): NG26, 53 H. J. B. Birks, NG54, 62, 63, 72 C. W. Murray.

Botanist in Skye: Recorded in all hectads except NG37, 56, 65.

New Atlas:
1950-1969: NG36.     
1970-1986: NG33, 45, 47.   
1987-1999: Recorded in all other hectads except NG37. 

Altitude distribution on Skye
Minimum: 30m.
Maximum: 430m.

Locally common on damp rock ledges and in woods.

In Rodwell (ed.) (1992) it occurs in the U16a, U17a and U17d communities. In Birks (1973) it occurs in the Rhacomitreto-Empetretum, Luzula sylvatica-Vaccinium myrtillus, Luzula sylvatica-Silene dioica, Corylus avellana-Oxalis acetosella and Fraxinus excelsior-Brachypodium sylvaticum associations.