- Asplenium serratum
Taxobox
name = "Asplenium serratum"
regnum =Plant ae
divisio =Pteridophyta
classis =Polypodiopsida
ordo =Polypodiales
familia =Aspleniaceae
genus = "Asplenium"
species = ""'A. serratum"
binomial = "Asplenium serratum"
binomial_authority = L."Asplenium serratum" (Bird's nest spleenwort, Wild birdnest fern) is a
fern native toBrazil , theCaribbean , and theUnited States . It is rare in central and southernFlorida , where it is a state-listedendangered species .cite web|author=United States Department of Agriculture|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ASSE9|title=Asplenium serratum|accessdate=2007-11-25] cite web|author=Florida Natural Areas Inventory|year=2000|url=http://www.fnai.org/FieldGuide/pdf/Asplenium_serratum.pdf|title=American Bird's Nest Fern|accessdate=2007-11-25] It is an epiphytic or lithophytic fern that grows on erodedlimestone , tree trunks, rotting stumps,cite web|author=Flora of North America|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233500200|title=Asplenium serratum|accessdate=2007-11-25] and fallen logs.cite web|author=Florida Natural Areas Inventory|year=2000|url=http://www.fnai.org/FieldGuide/pdf/Asplenium_serratum.pdf|title=American Bird's Nest Fern|accessdate=2007-11-25]References
External links
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233500200 Flora of North America: "Asplenium serratum"]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ASSE9 USDA Plants Profile: "Asplenium serratum"]
* [http://fig.cox.miami.edu/~scofield/sofl_plants/fern_asplenium_serratum.html "Asplenium serratum"] photos
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