Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Asplenium trichomanes Linnaeus
(Maidenhair Spleenwort)

Family: Aspleniaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
None

Asplenium trichomanes is the smaller of our two common Asplenium species, the other being Asplenium resiliens. Asplenium trichomanes has a brown rachis (the main axis of the frond.) The pinnae are oval and less than 6mm long.
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Asplenium trichomanes, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard , Pinos Altos Range, Georgetown Road, Oct. 17, 2007



Asplenium trichomanes, abaxial surface with sori, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard , Pinos Altos Range, Georgetown Road, Oct. 17, 2007



Asplenium trichomanes, adaxial surface, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard , Pinos Altos Range, Georgetown Road, Oct. 17, 2007


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