Asplenium viride Huds.
green spleenwort
Aspleniaceae (Spleenwort family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
green spleenwort
Aspleniaceae (Spleenwort family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Deciduous with clustered leaves.
Leaves:
Narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, 5-15 cm long, 0.5-1.2 cm wide; rachis not winged, green throughout; pinnae in pairs, egg-shaped to oblong, 3-7 mm long, 2-5 mm wide, with few notches towards the tip.
Notes:
Some authors advocate the use of Linnaeus' name A. trichomanes-ramosum, which should be rejected as a trinomial. The International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (Tokyo Code) suggested use of the name "A. ramosum L." and at the same time, Zimmer & Greuter (1994) proposed to reject this name and retain A. viride.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Asplenium viride
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
673 | 10 | 2210 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
52 | 0 | 100 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
78 | 25 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
2 | 0 | 6 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
E | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
31 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
CWH | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
CWH(17), ESSF(7), ICH(3), MH(1), MS(3) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Mesic to moist crevices in limestone and other basic rocks from the lowland and steppe to subalpine zones; infrequent throughout BC; circumpolar, N to AK, YT and NT, E to AB and disjunct in ON to NF and S to VT, MI, WI, SD, MT, CO, UT, NV and OR; Eurasia.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Asplenium trichomanes-ramosum L.