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This is not a very conspicuous Pern, and is generally 
distributed throughout Great Britain, though rather local. 
It generally grows in dry open heaths and elevated pastures, 
where the soil is either sand or peat. The same position is 
unfavourable for other Perns except Brake. Moonwort is 
rather difficult to be cultivated. Some have considered it 
a parasite, attached to grass roots. Care should therefore 
be taken not to separate it from the surrounding roots. It 
should also be planted before it begins to raise its fronds, 
and not be placed in any rich mould. Too much moisture 
or drought is alike to be guarded against. "We have only 
as yet ascertained that it is to be found near Lambert’s 
Castle, to the south of Pishpond bottom, growing around 
the furze bushes, in Hawkcharch parish, and in New Park, 
in Axminster. Very probably it is also to be met with on 
Colyton, Stockland, and our other high hills, on a sandy or 
dry peaty soil. The most likely periods of the year for find- 
ing this plant are the months of May, June, and July. 
