Asplenium septentrionale Calflora

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Taxon Report

Asplenium septentrionale (L.) Hoffm.

Northern spleenwort

Asplenium septentrionale is a fern (rhizomatous) that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.

California Rare Plant Rank: 2B.3 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA; common elsewhere).


	Plant Range Observation Search ~25 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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Genus:	Asplenium
Family:	Aspleniaceae
Category:	fern
PLANTS group:	Fern
Jepson eFlora section: fern

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Subalpine Forest, Chaparral

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + JEF + CNPS + PLANTS + POWO

Information about Asplenium septentrionale from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (ASSE) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map CNPS Inventory: 2B.3 Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
[Wikipedia] Hybridizations: Asplenium septentrionale can hybridize with maidenhair spleenwort (A. trichomanes) to form the hybrid A. × alternifolium, with A. foreziense to form A. × costei, with black spleenwort (A. adiantum-nigrum) to form A. × contrei, with A. obovatum subsp. lanceolatum to form A. × souchei, and with wall-rue (A. ruta-muraria) to form A. × murbeckii and A. × tavelio. A. × murbeckii can back-cross with A. septentrionale to form A. × hungaricum. (link added by Mary Ann Machi) photos / record / common / links

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 03/28/2025).