Asplenium trichomanes

Asplenium trichomanes

Maidenhair spleenwort

The fronds of Asplenium trichomanes can reach up to 30 centimeters in length. This evergreen fern grows in forests, on rocks, or on walls and can be found alongside Asplenium viride.

Asplenium trichomanes
Asplenium trichomanes in a forest in the Communauté de communes du Haut-Chablais in France. Asplenium viride can be seen on the right.

Characteristics & Description

Height, habit: Evergreen, perennial herbaceous plant, 10 to 30 centimeters
Origin: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America (distribution map)
Habitats: Forests, shady slopes, walls, rocks, gorges
USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 °F/-23 °C)

Asplenium trichomanes & Asplenium viride
Asplenium trichomanes can be distinguished from Asplenium viride by its brown leaf stalks (frond axis). Asplenium viride remains somewhat smaller, with fronds growing to a maximum length of 20 centimeters. The leaflets are distinctly notched at the edges.

Botany

Family: Aspleniaceae
Name: Asplenium trichomanes

Asplenium trichomanes & Sedum album
Asplenium trichomanes and Sedum album on a wall in Evian in France.

Asplenium trichomanes

Asplenium trichomanes

Asplenium trichomanes

Categories: Ferns |

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