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Asplenium rhizophyllum L.
walking fern

       
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Photo of Asplenium rhizophyllum L.
Camptosorus rhizophyllus

©Thomas G. Barnes. Barnes, T.G., and S.W. Francis. 2004. Wildflowers and ferns of Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.
 
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Asplenium rhizophyllum L.

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Synonyms:
Asplenium rhizophyllum L.

  CARH8 Camptosorus rhizophyllus (L.) Link
 

Distribution:
Asplenium rhizophyllum L.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (ON, QC)
 

Related Taxa:
Asplenium rhizophyllum L.

View 2 genera in Aspleniaceae, 90 species in Asplenium
 

Classification:
Asplenium rhizophyllum 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 rhizophyllum L. – walking fern
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Asplenium rhizophyllum L.

This plant and synonym 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.

Maine:
walking fern              Possibly Extirpated
Michigan:
walking fern              Threatened
New Hampshire:
Camptosorus rhizophyllus
walking-fern spleenwort              Endangered
New York:
walking fern              Exploitably Vulnerable
Rhode Island:
walking fern              Endangered
 

More Accounts and Images:
Asplenium rhizophyllum 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 17359.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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