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Fern

Asplenium ascensionis

Also called Ascension Island Spleenwort, Ascension Spleenwort

Family
Aspleniaceae (Spleenwort family)
Grows as
Fern
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
Ascension

About

Asplenium ascensionis is a species of fern in the family Aspleniaceae that is endemic to Ascension Island. Its natural habitats are receding due to introduced vegetation. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Where it grows

A. ascensionis is endemic to central Ascension Island in the South Atlantic Ocean, where it grows on Green Mountain and the surrounding areas at altitudes of 430–770 m (1,410–2,530 ft) above sea level.

Other Asplenium plants

Black spleenwort · Asplenium aequibasis · Egyptian spleenwort · Asplenium anceps · Bird’s Nest Fern · Asplenium appendiculatum · Asplenium arcanum · Asplenium attenuatum · Eared Spleenwort · Bird's Nest Fern · Azorean Spleenwort · Asplenium bifrons

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Asplenium ascensionis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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