OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asplenium pinnatifidum   FAMILY Aspleniaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asplenium pinnatifidum   FAMILY Aspleniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Asplenium pinnatifidum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Asplenium ×pinnatifidum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 013-01-002:

Asplenium pinnatifidum   FAMILY Aspleniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Asplenium pinnatifidum var. pinnatifidum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)

Asplenium pinnatifidum

 

COMMON NAME:
Lobed Spleenwort


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image of Asplenium pinnatifidum, Lobed Spleenwort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_aspi_001_lvd

        

image of Asplenium pinnatifidum, Lobed Spleenwort

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.

image of Asplenium pinnatifidum, Lobed Spleenwort

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.

image of Asplenium pinnatifidum, Lobed Spleenwort

Kevin Caldwell    kev_apinnatifidumhabitat4

June    Rutherford County    NC

Habitat.

image of Asplenium pinnatifidum, Lobed Spleenwort

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.

image of Asplenium pinnatifidum, Lobed Spleenwort

JK Marlow    jkm221108_0646

November    Greenville County    SC

image of Asplenium pinnatifidum, Lobed Spleenwort

JK Marlow    jkm221108_0648

November    Greenville County    SC

Sori variable in shape, often massing together as they age, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

image of Asplenium pinnatifidum, Lobed Spleenwort

JK Marlow    jkm221108_0652

November    Greenville County    SC

image of Asplenium pinnatifidum, Lobed Spleenwort

JK Marlow    jkm221108_0655

November    Greenville County    SC

Habitat.

image of Asplenium pinnatifidum, Lobed Spleenwort

JK Marlow    jkm221108_0675

November    Greenville County    SC

image of Asplenium pinnatifidum, Lobed Spleenwort

JK Marlow    jkm221108_0677

November    Greenville County    SC

image of Asplenium pinnatifidum, Lobed Spleenwort

Samantha Tessel    sam110822_0686

November    Greenville County    SC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asplenium pinnatifidum   FAMILY Aspleniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asplenium pinnatifidum   FAMILY Aspleniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Asplenium pinnatifidum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Asplenium ×pinnatifidum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 013-01-002:
Asplenium pinnatifidum   FAMILY Aspleniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Asplenium pinnatifidum var. pinnatifidum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Asplenium pinnatifidum

 

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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: Fairly moist to very dry outcrops of felsic sedimentary or (mostly low-grade) metamorphic rocks, such as sandstone, phyllite, and schist, at low to moderate elevations, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Mountains, rare in Piedmont

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Pinnatifid, or larger leaves pinnate at base
Leaves clustered on a short-creeping rhizome

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall

 

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