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Aspleniaceae
Asplenium

not marked as a favorite taxon Asplenium montanum Willdenow. Common name: Mountain Spleenwort. Phenology: May-Oct. Habitat: Moist to dry outcrops of metamorphic, sedimentary, or igneous rocks, such as gneiss, schist, amphibolite, quartzite, rhyolite, sandstone, mostly at moderate to high elevations (up to over 2000 m), but in the Piedmont to as low as 150 m, and near sea level from VA northwards. Distribution: Primarily Appalachian: s. Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, and Kentucky south to c. North Carolina, n. Georgia and Alabama; disjunct in the Ozarkian highlands of e. Missouri (Peck 2011)

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: A. montanum is one of the diploid progenitors of the reticulately evolved Appalachian Asplenium complex; its chromosome complement is symbolized MM. It is one parent of A. bradleyi, A. pinnatifidum, and A. ×trudellii (and of other sterile hybrids).

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, FNA2, G, K1, K4, Mo1, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, S13, Sf, Tn, Va, W, WV. Basionym: Asplenium montanum Willdenow 1810

Links to other floras: = Asplenium montanum - FNA2

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image #1 of Asplenium montanum© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Asplenium montanum© Douglas Goldman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Douglas Goldman source CC-BY-SA | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Asplenium montanum© Alan Cressler: Asplenium montanum, Pine Log Mountain, Cherokee County, Georgia 3 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Asplenium montanum© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Asplenium montanum© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Asplenium montanum© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Asplenium montanum© Alan Cressler: Asplenium montanum (left), Asplenium Xtrudellii (center) Asplenium pinnatifidum (right), Foster Falls Small Wild Area, South Cumberland State Recreation Area, Marion County, Tennessee 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Asplenium montanum© Joey Shaw source | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Asplenium montanum© Scott Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Scott Ward source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #10 of Asplenium montanum© Alaina Krakowiak, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Alaina Krakowiak source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #11 of Asplenium montanum© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #12 of Asplenium montanum© Alan Cressler: Asplenium Xwherryi (center two fronds), Asplenium montanum (right), Asplenium bradleyi (left), along Sharp Mountain Creek, Cherokee County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source
image #13 of Asplenium montanum© Alan Cressler: Asplenium montanum (left), Asplenium Xwherryi (middle), Asplenium bradleyi (right), Abaxial Comparison, Gaston County, North Carolina 1 by Alan Cressler source
image #14 of Asplenium montanum© Alan Cressler: Asplenium montanum, Rabun County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #15 of Asplenium montanum© Alan Cressler: Asplenium bradleyi (left), Asplenium Xwherryi (middle), Asplenium montanum (right), Whitfield County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source

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