Asplenium platyneuron
| Asplenium platyneuron | |
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| photo by Gil Nelson | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Pteridophyta - Ferns |
| Class: | Filicopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Asplenium |
| Species: | A. platyneuron |
| Binomial name | |
| Asplenium platyneuron (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. | |
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| Natural range of Asplenium platyneuron from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common Name: Ebony Spleenwort
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Synonyms: Asplenium platyneuron var. platyneuron; A. platyneuron var. bacculum-rubrum (Featherman) Fernald; A. platyneuron var. incisum (Howe ex Peck) B.L.
Description
A description of Asplenium platyneuron is provided in The Flora of North America.
It can be easily confused with Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides), however, the stem of Christmas fern is green and scaly and the spores cover a back of a leaflet[1].
Distribution
It is one of the most common and widespread of the eastern North American spleenwort[2]. Listed as critically imperiled in Arizona and Colorado[3].
Ecology
Habitat
This species has been found growing in swamps, marshes, crotches of hardwood trees, and savannas (FSU Herbarium). It also grows in disturbed areas such as fallow fields and near field edges (FSU Herbarium). It does well in moist, loamy sand in fully shaded environments to areas with full sun (FSU Herbarium).
Associated species include cypress, moss, magnolia, oak, and beech (FSU Herbarium).
Fire ecology
It does well in fire dependent environments (FSU Herbarium)
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Karen MacClendon, R.K. Godfrey, Wilson Baker, R. F. Doren, Roy Komarek, and Jeffrey M. Kane. States and Counties: Florida: Wakulla, Calhoun, Franklin, Leon, and Gadsden. Georgia: Grady and Thomas.
