Ebony Spleenwort
Scientific Name:Asplenium platyneuron


NOTES: Native to North America east of the Rocky Mountains. Fronds pinnate (once divided). Evergreen.

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Ebony Spleenwort
Genus species: Asplenium platyneuron
Common Name: Ebony Spleenwort
Family Name: Aspleniaceae  
Rhizomes lustrous-scaly; leaves simple and entire to 3-pinnate, evergreen in some, the petiole wiry and reddish brown at least toward base, glabrous or sparsely scaly, with 2 vascular bundles; sori dorsal, linear, and not crossing lateral veins, with indusia attached on inner edge; sporangia with annulus complete.
Seed Type: Gymnosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Fern
CNC Habitat: Herb Wall
Identified by:M. Becus