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 rhizophyllum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asplenium rhizophyllum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 013-01-001:
Asplenium rhizophyllum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Camptosorus rhizophyllus
COMMON NAME:
Walking Fern
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_arhizophyllum_7826
April
Sori scattered irregularly throughout blade at vein junctures, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
Emily B. Sessa ebs_arhizophyllum_2518
July
Blade usually heart-shaped or somewhat eared at base, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
Emily B. Sessa ebs_arhizophyllum_2521
July
Fronds narrowly linear-deltoid with long fine tip. Tips touch ground & root, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.