Green Spleenwort
(Asplenium trichomanes-ramosum)

Green Spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes-ramosum) Other scientific names: Asplenium viride

Family: Spleenwort Family (Aspleniaceae)

Group: Spleenworts

Similar species:
  •   Maidenhair Spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes) - has purplish-brown stalks.

  •   Smooth Woodsia (Woodsia glabella)


Fronds: Once divided

Height: 5-10 cm (2-4 in);  Very small.

Habitat: Crevices in rocks

Native/Non-native: Native

Status: Uncommon

Notes: Easily mistaken for Maidenhair Spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes).

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A small patch growing in a shaded crevice

Note the green stem - this is a distinctive feature which differentiates this fern from the very similar Maidenhair Spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes).

Here's a picture of Green Spleenwort (left) and Maidenhair Spleenwort (right) growing side by side.

Herbarium specimen, showing roots.

(Royal Botanical Gardens Herbarium, Burlington, Ontario)

Another herbarium specimen, showing sori on underside of leaflets.

(Royal Botanical Gardens Herbarium, Burlington, Ontario)
  

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