Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Asplenium pinnatifidum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Asplenium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asplenium pinnatifidum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Asplenium ×pinnatifidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 013-01-002:
Asplenium pinnatifidum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
COMMON NAME:
Lobed Spleenwort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_aspi_001_lvd
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Kevin Caldwell kev_apinnatifidumhabitat1
June Rutherford County NC
Blade broadest at the base, tapering gradually to a long and pointed tip, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Kevin Caldwell kev_apinnatifidumhabitat2
June Rutherford County NC
Can resemble Walking Fern, but fronds lobed, with long stipes, more upright, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Kevin Caldwell kev_apinnatifidumhabitat4
June Rutherford County NC
Habitat: Dry, shaded crevices of non-calcareous rocks and boulders, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
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Kevin Caldwell kev_apinnatifidumhabitat5
June Rutherford County NC
Lower blade distinctly and deeply lobed, upper less so or merely wavy, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Kevin Caldwell kev_apinnatifidumhabitatb
June Rutherford County NC
Sori variable in shape, often massing together as they age, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Asplenium pinnatifidum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asplenium pinnatifidum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Asplenium ×pinnatifidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 013-01-002:
Asplenium pinnatifidum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in GA-NC-SC Mountains, rare in GA-NC-SC Coastal Plain
Look for it on fairly moist to very dry outcrops of felsic sedimentary or (mostly low-grade) metamorphic rocks, such as sandstone, phyllite, and schist, at low to moderate elevations, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Pinnatifid, or larger leaves pinnate at base
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 p090
- Ferns of the Smokies p66
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p068