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  6. Eupolypods II
  7. Spleenwort Family

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Spleenwort Family

Aspleniaceae

Includes
24 native 3 introduced 12 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Spleenworts 24 native
  • Hymenasplenium

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Top native spleenwort family members All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes caterpillars 1 food 5
  • Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria caterpillars 1 food 4 flowers 1
  • Ebony Spleenwort Asplenium platyneuron caterpillars 1
  • Walking Fern Asplenium rhizophyllum caterpillars 1
  • Mountain Spleenwort Asplenium montanum caterpillars 1
  • Lobed Spleenwort Asplenium pinnatifidum caterpillars 1
  • Black-stemmed Spleenwort Asplenium resiliens caterpillars 1
  • Bradley's Spleenwort Asplenium bradleyi caterpillars 1
  • Green Spleenwort Asplenium viride food 4
  • Northern Spleenwort Asplenium septentrionale food 4
  • Black Spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum food 4
  • Hart's-tongue Fern Asplenium scolopendrium
  • Mare's Tail Fern Asplenium polyodon
  • Asplenium contiguum
  • Western Spleenwort Asplenium vespertinum
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