Walking Fern
Scientific Name: Asplenium rhizophyllum
Native to eastern North America. Leaves slightly leathery. Evergreen. Grows on glacial outwash at "Fox Rock Outcrop."
Walking Fern
Scientific Name: Asplenium rhizophyllum
Walking Fern
| Genus species: | Asplenium rhizophyllum |
|---|---|
| Common Name: | Walking Fern |
| Family Name: | Aspleniaceae 
Rhizomes lustrous-scaly; leaves simple and entire to 3-pinnate, evergreen in some, the petiole wiry and reddish brown at least toward base, glabrous or sparsely scaly, with 2 vascular bundles; sori dorsal, linear, and not crossing lateral veins, with indusia attached on inner edge; sporangia with annulus complete. |
| Seed Type: | Gymnosperm |
| Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods. * Definitions based on the USDA terminology |
Native |
| Category: | Fern |
| Identified by: | M. Becus |
