Wild_bird's-nest_fern

<i>Asplenium serratum</i>

Asplenium serratum

Species of fern in the family Aspleniaceae

Asplenium serratum, the bird's nest spleenwort, wild birdnest fern, or New World birdnest fern, is a fern of the New World/Americas.

Quick Facts Asplenium serratum, Conservation status ...

Distribution

The fern is native to tropical Brazil, the Caribbean, and Florida of the Southeastern United States. It is rare in central and southern Florida, where it is a state-listed endangered species.[1][2]

Description

Asplenium serratum is an epiphytic or lithophytic fern that grows on eroded limestone, tree trunks, rotting stumps, and fallen logs.[3][2]

Taxonomy

Linnaeus was the first to describe American bird's-nest fern with the binomial Asplenium serratum in his Species Plantarum of 1753.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    United States Department of Agriculture. "Asplenium serratum". Retrieved 2007-11-25.
  2. [2]
    Florida Natural Areas Inventory (2000). "American Bird's Nest Fern" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
  3. [3]
    Flora of North America. "Asplenium serratum". Retrieved 2007-11-25.
  4. [4]
    Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species Plantarum. Vol. II (1st ed.). Stockholm: Laurentii Salvii. p. 1079.


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