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Asplenium abscissum Willd.
Cutleaf spleenwort

Asplenium abscissum
Copyright by: Mike Rosenthal

Family: Aspleniaceae

Group: Pteridophyte

Substrate: Lithophyte

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southeastern United States (peninsular Florida, Alabama [Jackson County]), the West Indies, southern Mexico, Central America and South America.

Map of Florida Locations

Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status: Not listed

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Critically Imperiled

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as critical imperiled in Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann et al. 2002; pp 216-217) based on one occurrence in Fern Forest Nature Center in Broward County. It is still extant there and no new records are known.

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Other data on Asplenium abscissum available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Asplenium abscissum has been found in the following conservation area :
Occurrence Native Status
Fern Forest Nature Center Present Native

Asplenium abscissum has been found in the following 2 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Broward County Native
Miami-Dade County Presumed Extirpated Presumed Extirpated

Asplenium abscissum has been found in the following habitat :
Rockland Hammock

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Asplenium abscissum
Copyright by: Mike Rosenthal