PLANTS Profile for Asplenium scolopendrium (Hart's tonguefern)

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PLANTS Profile

Asplenium scolopendrium L.
Hart's tonguefern

Symbol:

ASSC11

Group:

Fern

Family:

Aspleniaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Asplenium scolopendrium L.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 25. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Asplenium scolopendrium L.

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Distribution:
Asplenium scolopendrium L.


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USA (AL, MD, MI, NJ, NY, TN), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Asplenium scolopendrium L.

View 2 genera in Aspleniaceae, 91 species in Asplenium or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Asplenium scolopendrium L. var. americanum (Fernald) Kartesz & Gandhi. . Image Available.

Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum
Hart's tonguefern

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Asplenium scolopendrium L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class	Filicopsida
Order	Polypodiales
Family	Aspleniaceae – Spleenwort family
Genus	Asplenium L. – spleenwort
Species	Asplenium scolopendrium L. – Hart's tonguefern

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Asplenium scolopendrium L.

The related entities italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

United States:
Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum
American hart's-tongue fern		Threatened
Michigan:
Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum
hart's-tongue fern		Endangered
New York:
Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum
hart's-tongue fern		Threatened
Tennessee:
Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum
hart's-tongue fern		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Asplenium scolopendrium L.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 192155.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 03:57 AM CDT