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Common Name: Ebony Spleenwort
 
Common Name: Ebony Spleenwort
 
==Taxonomic notes==
 
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Synonyms: ''Asplenium platyneuron'' var. ''platyneuron''; ''A. platyneuron'' var. ''bacculum-rubrum'' (Featherman) Fernald; ''A. platyneuron'' var. ''incisum'' (Howe ex Peck) B.L.
 
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==Distribution==
 
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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).
 
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).
 
Associated species include cypress, moss, magnolia, oak, and beech (FSU Herbarium).
  
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It does well in fire dependent environments (FSU Herbarium)
 
It does well in fire dependent environments (FSU Herbarium)
  
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==Conservation and Management==
 
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Revision as of 12:37, 29 February 2016

Asplenium platyneuron
Asplenium platyneuron Gil.jpg
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.
ASPL PLAT dist.jpg
Natural range of Asplenium platyneuron from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common Name: Ebony Spleenwort

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.

Distribution

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)

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Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

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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.