PLANTS Profile for Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum (Hart's tonguefern)

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Asplenium scolopendrium L. var. americanum (Fernald) Kartesz & Gandhi
Hart's tonguefern

Symbol:

ASSCA

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. var. americanum (Fernald) Kartesz & Gandhi

Phyllitis scolopendrium var. americana

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 25. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Asplenium scolopendrium L. var. americanum (Fernald) Kartesz & Gandhi

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Synonyms:
Asplenium scolopendrium L. var. americanum (Fernald) Kartesz & Gandhi

	PHJAA	Phyllitis japonica Kom. ssp. americana (Fernald) A. Löve & D. Löve
	PHSCA	Phyllitis scolopendrium (L.) Newman var. americana Fernald

Distribution:
Asplenium scolopendrium L. var. americanum (Fernald) Kartesz & Gandhi


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

Related Taxa:
Asplenium scolopendrium L. var. americanum (Fernald) Kartesz & Gandhi

View 2 genera in Aspleniaceae, 90 species in Asplenium, 1 varieties in Asplenium scolopendrium L.

Classification:
Asplenium scolopendrium L. var. americanum (Fernald) Kartesz & Gandhi

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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
Variety	Asplenium scolopendrium L. var. americanum (Fernald) Kartesz & Gandhi – Hart's tonguefern

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Asplenium scolopendrium L. var. americanum (Fernald) Kartesz & Gandhi

This plant is 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.

Unites States:
American hart's-tongue fern		Threatened
Michigan:
hart's-tongue fern		Endangered
New York:
hart's-tongue fern		Threatened
Tennessee:
hart's-tongue fern		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Asplenium scolopendrium L. var. americanum (Fernald) Kartesz & Gandhi

View species account from The Center for Plant Conservation.

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 192156.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/23/2008 06:44 PM MDT