Asplenium serratum explained

Asplenium serratum, the bird's nest spleenwort, wild birdnest fern, or New World birdnest fern, is a fern of the New World/Americas.

Distribution

The fern is native to tropical Brazil, the Caribbean, and Florida of the Southeastern United States. It is rare in central and southern Florida, where it is a state-listed endangered species.^{[1] [2]}

Description

Asplenium serratum is an epiphytic or lithophytic fern that grows on eroded limestone, tree trunks, rotting stumps, and fallen logs.^{[3] [4]}

Taxonomy

Linnaeus was the first to describe American bird's-nest fern with the binomial Asplenium serratum in his Species Plantarum of 1753.^[5]

External links

• Flora of North America: Asplenium serratum
• USDA Plants Profile for Asplenium serratum (wild birdnest fern)
• Miami.edu: Asplenium serratum photos

Notes and References

1. Web site: United States Department of Agriculture. Asplenium serratum. 2007-11-25.
2. Web site: Florida Natural Areas Inventory . 2000 . American Bird's Nest Fern . 2007-11-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110524201732/http://www.fnai.org/FieldGuide/pdf/Asplenium_serratum.pdf . 2011-05-24 .
3. Web site: Flora of North America. Asplenium serratum. 2007-11-25.
4. Web site: Florida Natural Areas Inventory . 2000 . American Bird's Nest Fern . 2007-11-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110524201732/http://www.fnai.org/FieldGuide/pdf/Asplenium_serratum.pdf . 2011-05-24 .
5. Book: Linnaeus, C. . Carl Linnaeus

   . Species Plantarum . 1st . II . Carl Linnaeus . 1753 . Laurentii Salvii . Stockholm . 1079.