Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Asplenium platyneuron
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
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A. platyneuron in general, and var. platyneuron specifically, is by far the most common of our Asplenium species, and the only one found characteristically away from rock, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asplenium platyneuron
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Asplenium platyneuron
SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Asplenium platyneuron
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Asplenium platyneuron var. bacculum-rubrum
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Asplenium platyneuron var. platyneuron
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2 (1993)
Asplenium platyneuron
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 013-01-003:
Asplenium platyneuron FAMILY Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Asplenium platyneuron
COMMON NAME:
Ebony Spleenwort
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_aspl_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm230328_2106
March Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_aplatyneuron_7982
April
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_aplatyneuron_8842
April
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_aplatyneuron_8844
April
A row of sori on each side of pinna midvein, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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JK Marlow jkm100427_027
April Greenville County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_asplenium_platyneuron
April
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Gill Newberry gn05_ebonyspleenwort_sori
May
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JK Marlow jkm0505a_36
May Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
Its rigid grace suggests a combination of delicacy and endurance, per How to Know the Ferns (Parsons, 1899).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_platyneuron_3
May
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_aplatyneuron_0261
June
Pinnae alternate, with superior auricles; sessile, bases overlapping rachis, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_aplatyneuron_0266
June
Indusia laterally attached, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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JK Marlow jkm0506m_22
June Union County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm130708_392
July Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow s071208_b
December Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Asplenium platyneuron
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asplenium platyneuron
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Asplenium platyneuron
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Asplenium platyneuron
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Asplenium platyneuron var. bacculum-rubrum
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Asplenium platyneuron var. platyneuron
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2
Asplenium platyneuron
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 013-01-003:
Asplenium platyneuron
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Asplenium platyneuron
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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: Moist to dry soils of forests, woodlands, old fields; also on outcrops, especially of calcareous rocks and in masonry crevices, at low to moderate elevations, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Sterile leaves evergreen/ fertile leaves deciduous
Pinnate
Leaves clustered on a short-creeping rhizome
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986) p086
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014) p102
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p221
- Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005) p62
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p406
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p194
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p070
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000) p91
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p053
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