PLANTS Profile for Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides (asplenium ladyfern)

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PLANTS Profile

Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth ssp. asplenioides (Michx.) Hultén
asplenium ladyfern

Symbol:

ATFIA2

Group:

Fern

Family:

Dryopteridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth ssp. asplenioides (Michx.) Hultén

Athyrium asplenioides

©Thomas G. Barnes. Barnes, T.G., and S.W. Francis. 2004. Wildflowers and ferns of Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth ssp. asplenioides (Michx.) Hultén

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Synonyms:
Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth ssp. asplenioides (Michx.) Hultén

	ATAS	Athyrium asplenioides (Michx.) A.A. Eaton
	ATFIA3	Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth var. asplenioides (Michx.) Farw.

Distribution:
Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth ssp. asplenioides (Michx.) Hultén


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Related Taxa:
Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth ssp. asplenioides (Michx.) Hultén

View 34 genera in Dryopteridaceae, 3 species in Athyrium, 3 subspecies in Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth

Classification:
Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth ssp. asplenioides (Michx.) Hultén

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class	Filicopsida
Order	Polypodiales
Family	Dryopteridaceae – Wood Fern family
Genus	Athyrium Roth – ladyfern
Species	Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth – common ladyfern
Subspecies	Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth ssp. asplenioides (Michx.) Hultén – asplenium ladyfern

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth ssp. asplenioides (Michx.) Hultén

The related entities italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Florida:
Athyrium filix-femina
southern lady fern		Threatened
New York:
Athyrium filix-femina
lady fern		Exploitably Vulnerable

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth ssp. asplenioides (Michx.) Hultén

Athyrium filix-femina:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC,FAC+

FAC

FAC+

FAC

FAC+

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth ssp. asplenioides (Michx.) Hultén

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17415.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 06/20/2013 12:06 AM CDT