Asplenium heteroresiliens W.H. Wagner. Marl Spleenwort, Carolina Spleenwort, Wagner's Spleenwort, Morzenti's Spleenwort. Phen: Apr-Oct. Hab: Fairly moist outcrops of calcareous sedimentary rocks, such as coquina limestone (‘marl’), along small blackwater streams or larger rivers, at low elevations, and rarely also on old ruins made of tabby (a cement made from lime, sand, and oyster shells). Dist: Rare and scattered from se. NC to se. GA, sw. GA, and n. FL, on the Coastal Plain
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Other Comments: This species is an apogamous (producing viable spores asexually) allopentaploid derived from hybridization of the sexual tetraploid A. heterochroum Kunze and the apogamous triploid A. resiliens. Its chromosome complement can be symbolized EEEHH.
Synonymy: = K4, RAB; = Asplenium ×heteroresiliens – Fl1, FNA2, K1, K3, WH3; < Asplenium heterochroum Kunze – Sf
Heliophily ?: 1
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© Alan Cressler: Asplenium heteroresiliens, near Entrance No. 2, Mud Dome Cave, The Secret Forest, Levy County, Florida 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Asplenium heteroresiliens, Eocene age, Marianna Limestone, Covington County, Alabama 4 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Asplenium heteroresiliens, Oaky Woods Wildlife Management Area, Houston County, Georgia 4 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Asplenium heteroresiliens, Oaky Woods Wildlife Management Area, Houston County, Georgia 3 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Asplenium heteroresiliens, Citra Karst Area, Marion County, Florida 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷Feedback
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