Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Asplenium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
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
COMMON NAME:
Lobed Spleenwort
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.