Asplenium serratum

Taxobox
name = "Asplenium serratum"
regnum = Plantae
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 to Brazil, the Caribbean, and the United States. It is rare in central and southern Florida, where it is a state-listed endangered 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 eroded limestone, 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