ASPLENIACEAE (Spleenwort family)

Asplenium nidus L. Hawaii's birdnest fern [Origin: tropical Asia, Polynesia][US; Illinois; Jackson County; Carbondale; T9S, R1W, S28; 37 deg. 42.883'N, 89 deg. 13.328'W; 450 feet][Fern House, Plant Biology Greenhouse, Southern Illinois University; January 8, 2004; Collected by Chuck Walker; Identified by Karen Frailey; #IL569]

Asplenium platyneuron (L.) B.S.P. var. platyneuron ebony spleenwort [US; Illinois; Jackson County; Carbondale; T9S, R1W, S35; 37 deg. 37.524'N, 89 deg. 9.907'W; 400 feet)] [in mesic woods on the west side of the Giant City Road, 20 m northwest of Indian Creek (Creek passes under road); June 17, 2002; Collected by Chuck Walker; Identified by Dr. Mark A. Basinger; #IL307]

Asplenium rhizophyllum L. walking fern [US; Illinois; Jackson County; T10S, R3W, S2; 600 feet][on rock face along trail going up a canyon, Little Grand Canyon; July 15, 2002; Collected by Chuck Walker; Identified by Dr. Mark A. Basinger; #IL361]

Asplenium rhizophyllum L. walking fern [US; Arkansas; Pope County; 35 deg. 33.029'N, 93 deg. 1.562'W; T10N, R19W, S4; 680 feet][along drainage, north side of N Fork Road (NF 1310), five miles west of Adams Mountain Road (NF 1328); March 31, 2007; Collected & identified by Chuck Walker & Danny Skojac; #AR62]

Asplenium simii A.F. Braithw. & Schelpe Sim's spleenwort [Origin: Zimbabwe, etc.] [US; Illinois; Jackson County; Carbondale; T9S, R1W, S28; 37 deg. 42.883'N, 89 deg. 13.328'W; 450 feet][Fern House, Plant Biology Greenhouse, Southern Illinois University; January 1, 2004; Collected by Chuck Walker; Identified by Richard Cole; #IL558]