Ebony spleenwort, Asplenium platyneuron, is a small fern of the family Aspleniaceae native to eastern North America, commonly found growing from rocky outcrops, stone walls and thin soil over limestone or other base-rich rock. Its dark, glossy, purplish-black leaf stalks, the source of its common name, contrast with its narrow, once-divided fronds, and the species displays dimorphic fronds, with taller, more upright fertile fronds bearing spores distinct from its shorter, spreading sterile fronds.
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Classification
DietPhotosynthetic Autotroph 1 Scientific Name Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Wikidata: Ebony Spleenwort
In Biome
Lake, Biomes Source Wikidata: Ebony Spleenwort
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Canada, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Georgia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Lesotho, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: North America, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: South Africa, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: United States, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Asplenium platyneuron
Wikipedia- Wikidata Q4808139 (P225 taxon name)
lead paragraph (diet), EntityId 316730
Asplenium platyneuron (syn. Asplenium ebeneum), commonly known as ebony spleenwort or brownstem spleenwort, is a fern native to North America east of the Rocky Mountains and to South Africa. It takes its common name from its dark, reddish-brown, glossy stipe and rachis (leaf stalk and midrib),
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Wikidata: Ebony Spleenwort
- Wikidata Q4808139, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Child Taxon Of: Asplenium, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon)
- In Biome: Lake, Introduction
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