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American bird's-nest fern
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American bird's-nest fern

Asplenium serratum

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

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Description

Asplenium serratum is an epiphytic or lithophytic fern that grows on eroded limestone, tree trunks, rotting stumps, and fallen logs.

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Range & habitat

Asplenium serratum is native to the tropical Americas, from southern Mexico to Central America, the Caribbean, Florida, northern and western South America, Brazil, and Paraguay to northeastern Argentina. It is rare in central and southern Florida, where it is a state-listed endangered species.

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 84357.