Asplenium pinnatifidum Nuttall. Common name: Lobed Spleenwort. Phenology: May-Oct. Habitat: Fairly moist to very dry outcrops of felsic sedimentary or (mostly low-grade) metamorphic rocks, such as sandstone, phyllite, and schist, at low to moderate elevations. Distribution: NY (historically), NJ, se. PA, wc. PA, s. OH, IN, IL, and MO south to w. NC, c. GA (Jones & Coile 1988), AL, n. MS, AR, and e. OK.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: This species is a fertile allotetraploid derived from hybridization of A. montanum and A. rhizophyllum; its chromosome complement is symbolized MMRR.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, FNA2, Il, K4, Mo1, NS, NY, Ok, Pa, POWO, RAB, S13, Sf, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WV; = ×Asplenosorus pinnatifidus (Nutt.) Mickel; = Asplenium ×pinnatifidum Nutt.; = Asplenium pinnatifidum Nutt. var. pinnatifidum — G. Basionym: Asplenium pinnatifidum Nutt. 1818
Links to other floras: = Asplenium pinnatifidum - FNA2
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Heliophily ⓘ: 3
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© Alan Cressler: Asplenium pinnatificum, Warren Point Sandstone, Franklin County, Tennessee 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Asplenium pinnatifidum, Johnson's Rock Bluff, Little River, Fulton County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan M. Cressler | Original Image ⭷
© Alan M. Cressler | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Asplenium pinnatifidum, South Cumberland State Park, Sherwood Forest, Franklin County, Tennessee 3 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Asplenium pinnatifidum, Unusual Frond, Rock Mountain, Floyd County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© 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 ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Asplenium pinnatifidum, Sand Mountain, Palisades Park, Blount County, Alabama 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Asplenium pinnatifidum (left), Asplenium Xgravesii (center), Asplenium bradleyi (right), Rock Mountain, Floyd County, Georgia 4 by Alan Cressler source
© Alan Cressler: Asplenium pinnatifidum (left), Asplenium Xkentuckiense (middle), Asplenium platyneuron (right), Brown's Mount, Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Bibb County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Asplenium pinnatifidum, Mississippian Age, Pennington Sandstone, Rock Mountain, Floyd County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Asplenium bradleyi (left), Asplenium Xgravesii (middle), Asplenium pinnatifidum (right), Etowah County, Alabama 1 by Alan Cressler source
© Alan Cressler: Asplenium platyneuron (left), Asplenium Xkentuckiense (middle), Asplenium pinnatifidum (right), Macon-Bibb County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source
© Alan Cressler: Asplenium pinnatifidum (left), Asplenium Xgravesii (center), Asplenium bradleyi (right), Rock Mountain, Floyd County, Georgia 2 by Alan Cressler sourceFeedback
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