Asplenium platyneuron gallery
One of the more common species of Spleenworts
growing in a variety of habitats
Ebony Spleenwort Gallery
New season's fertile fronds
Toftrees Woods (Centre Co)
by PAEnflowered on 05/20/2017
Opening frond
Mount Pisgah State Park (Bradford Co)
by Colin Gillette on 06/18/2023
Plant form
Mount Pisgah State Park (Bradford Co)
by Colin Gillette on 06/18/2023
Plant form & habitat
Boalsburg Creek (Centre Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 08/02/2021
Pinnae (leaflets) and rachis (stem)
Rachis is dark brown
Scotia Barrens (Centre Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 09/12/2011
Plant form
Colyer Lake (Centre Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 09/16/2011
Sori
Colyer Lake (Centre Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 09/16/2011
Mossy habitat
The tall & erect fronds are fertile, and the smaller spreading ones are sterile.
Colier Lake (Centre Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 09/21/2018
Late season tuft
Toftrees Woods (Centre Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 10/09/2021
Forest habitat
Smaller sterile fronds are prostrate on the ground and longer fertile fronds start to lean over at the end of the season
Bald Eagle State Park (Centre Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 11/26/2019
Sori
Bradford Co
by Colin Gillette on 12/03/2022
Fronds
Bradford Co
by Colin Gillette on 12/03/2022
Stipe & pinnae
With Climacium moss