Asplenium rhizophyllum
Asplenium rhizophyllum | |
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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. |
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".
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