Other common names:
Glade Fern, Narrow-leaved Spleenwort Other scientific names: Asplenium angustifolium, Asplenium pycnocarpon, Athyrium pycnocarpon, Homalosorus pycnocarpos French names:
Diplazie à sores denses Family: Wood Fern Family (Dryopteridaceae) Fronds: Once divided Height:
1-1 m (2-4 ft) Sori:
Underside of separate fertile fronds. Sori arranged in a chevron-shaped pattern. Native/Non-native:
Native Status:
Not very common, but not rare.
Photographs:
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A typical frond.
This is a sterile frond. The sori are borne on separate fertile fronds.
A final view of a sterile frond.
A fertile frond.
Another fertile frond. Notice that the leaflets are narrower than on the sterile frond.
The sori (where the spores are located) on the underside of a fertile frond.
Closeup of the sori.
Final view of a fertile frond (underside).
The two kinds of leaflets compared. The larger one is from a sterile frond, the smaller from a fertile frond.
This photo shows the upper side.
The under side of the two kinds of leaflets.
A patch of Narrow-leaved Glade Fern.
Another nice patch.These ferns grow to about 3-4 feet tall.
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