Asplenium spp.
spleenwort
Aspleniaceae
Plant Specifics
Form:
fern
Size:
Most 0.5 to 1 ft tall by Most 1 ft wide
Life Span:
short-lived perennial
Flower Color:
Fruit Color:
Phenology:
evergreen
Noted For:
Interesting Foliage
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
Retain and treasure if already present. Spleenworts can be used in rock gardens where they grow well on limestone boulders. Many will also do well on logs. A few (such as Asplenium abscissum) can be grown as groundcovers.
Considerations:
Light:
Shade
Moisture Tolerance:
Usually moist, occasional inundation ---- to ---- Not wet but not extremely dry
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or Other Substrate:
Sand, Loam, Lime Rock
Suitable to Grow In:
9A,9B,10A,10B
Ecology
Wildlife:
Native Habitats:
Around sinkholes and on rocks. Epiphytic on logs and trees. Moist sites.
