Asplenium platyneuron

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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.

Description

Common Name: Ebony Spleenwort

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

This species has been found growing in swamps, marshes, crotches of hardwood trees, and savannahs (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 of full sunlight (Fsu Herbarium).

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

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References and notes