Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asplenium montanum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asplenium montanum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Asplenium montanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 013-01-009:
Asplenium montanum FAMILY Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Asplenium montanum
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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JK Marlow jkm230322_1901
March Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm230322_1903
March Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm230322_1905
March Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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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 (Evans, 2005).
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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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asplenium montanum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asplenium montanum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Asplenium montanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 013-01-009:
Asplenium montanum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Asplenium montanum
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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
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
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains, uncommon in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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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 (Snyder & Bruce, 1986) p100
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p231
- Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005) p65
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p105
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p066
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p339
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