Asplenium rhizophyllum

Asplenium rhizophyllum, the (American) walking fern, is a frequently-occurring fern native to North America. It is a close relative of Asplenium ruprechtii (syn: Camptosorus sibiricus) which is found in East Asia and also goes by the common name of "walking fern".

Asplenium rhizophyllum
Asplenium rhizophyllum on rocks in the Red River Gorge, Daniel Boone National Forest, Kentucky, US

Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Aspleniaceae
Genus: Asplenium
Species:
A. rhizophyllum
Binomial name
Asplenium rhizophyllum
Synonyms

Antigramma rhizophylla (L.) J.Sm.
Camptosorus rhizophyllus (L.) Link

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