"Wilson's filmy fern" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1864, Margaret Plues, Rambles in Search of Flowerless Plants, page 41:",
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          "text": "Parsley fern is plentiful on the higher hills, Wilson's filmy fern is common in sub-alpine glens, and moonwort, adder's tongue, hart's tongue and, very rarely, the royal fern are also to be got.",
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          "text": "Thankfully Wilson's filmy fern has survived in many sheltered and humid places, including these Borrowdale rainforests.",
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