Bird's-nest fern

Bird's-nest fern

Taxobox
name = Bird's-nest ferns


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Asplenium nidus"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Pteridophyta
classis = Pteridopsida
ordo = Polypodiales
familia = Aspleniaceae
genus = "Asplenium" ("partim")

Bird's-nest ferns is a common name applied to several related species of ferns in the genus "Asplenium". They grow in a tight, nest-like clump with a linguate leaf rosette and are usually epiphytic, growing in trees. Bird's-nest Fern may also be seen growing on rocks and they will grow in the ground, too.

The best-known species is "A. nidus"; others include "A. australasicum" (Crow's-nest Fern) and "A. serratum" (Wild Bird's-nest Fern).


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