WALKING FERN
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Asplenium rhizophyllum L.
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| Montgomery County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: 1-6 inches |
| Family: Aspleniaceae - Spleenwort Family |
| Flowering Period: May, June, July, August, September |
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| Culms: | | Erect or ascending, usually unbranched; from short, scaly rhizomes. | | Leaves: | | Evergreen, arching or nearly prostrate, simple; petiole brown at base, green above, .2 to 5 inches, flattened; blade narrowly triangular, 1.5 to 12 inches long, .5 to 2 inches wide, base cordate with rounded auricles, margins entire to wavy, tip often long-tapered, surfaces glabrous. Sori numerous, elongated, oblong or linear, irregularly scattered on underside of blade. | | Habitat: | | Rocky wooded hillsides or ledges, shaded moss-covered boulders; usually on limestone, sometimes on sandstone. | | Distribution: | | East 1/3 of Kansas, more common in southeast | | Origin: | | Native | | Reproduction: | | In addition to spores, forms colonies due to the rooting leaf tips. | | Comments: | | "Walking fern" refers to the leaf tips rooting and forming additional plants vegetatively. Often observed near ebony spleenwort. |
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