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Asplenium nidus L.
Hawai'I birdnest fern
       
Symbol:   ASNI  
Group:   Fern  
Family:   Aspleniaceae  
Duration:   Perennial  
Growth Habit:   Forb/herb  
Native Status:  
HI    N



   
Other common names:
  bird's nest fern
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Asplenium nidus L.

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Distribution:
Asplenium nidus L.

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Related Taxa:
Asplenium nidus L.

View 2 genera in Aspleniaceae, 90 species in Asplenium
 

Classification:
Asplenium nidus L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class Filicopsida
Order Polypodiales
Family Aspleniaceae – Spleenwort family
Genus Asplenium L. – spleenwort
Species Asplenium nidus L. – Hawai'I birdnest fern
 

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Asplenium nidus L.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17398.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).
 
 
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