Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Asplenium montanum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asplenium montanum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 013-01-009:
Asplenium montanum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
COMMON NAME:
Mountain Spleenwort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_asmo2_001_lvd
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_amontanum_8089
April
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_amontanum_8097
April
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_amontanum_8098
April
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_amontanum_8112b
April
Sori few, 2-4 per segment, of varying lengths following the diverging veins, per Ferns of the Smokies.
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JK Marlow jkm190423_7635
April Oconee County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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JK Marlow jkm190423_7637
April Oconee County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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JK Marlow jkm120505_226
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
Small, delicate, bluish-green, slightly leathery, more drooping than erect, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm210615_1366
June Oconee County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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JK Marlow jkm160702_202
July Jackson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm160702_204
July Jackson County NC
Sori few, mostly elliptical or narrow, often massing together at maturity, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Asplenium montanum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asplenium montanum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 013-01-009:
Asplenium montanum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: Moist to dry outcrops of metamorphic, sedimentary, or igneous rocks, such as gneiss, schist, amphibolite, quartzite, rhyolite, sandstone, mostly at moderate to high elevations (up to over 2000 m), but in the Piedmont to as low as 150 m, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
2-pinnate at base, pinnatifid at apex
Leaves clustered on a short-creeping rhizome
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia p100
- Ferns of Alabama p231
- Ferns of the Smokies p65
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p066
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p339