English name: Polypody
Gaelic name: Clach-raineach Chaol

Atlas of Ferns:
Post 1950 records: NG33, 41, 44, 45, 51, 60, 61, 62.

The Polypodium vulgare aggregate is recorded as a post 1950 record in all hectads.

British Pteridophyte Records:
The Fern Gazette Volume 12, Part 5, (1983): NG33, 42, 43, 53 G. Ramsey.

Botanist in Skye: NG33, 41, 44, 45, 51, 60-62.

The Polypodium vulgare aggregate is recorded in all hectads.

New Atlas:
1970-1986: NG33, 42, 43, 52, 62.   

The Polypodium vulgare aggregate is recorded as a 1987 to 1999 record in all hectads except NG44 where it is recorded as a 1970 to 1986 record. 

Altitude distribution on Skye
Minimum: 5m.
Maximum: 460m.

Found growing on rock faces, trees and especially dry stone walls also it can spread from these sites onto the surrounding ground.