| Asplenium serratum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Aspleniineae |
| Family: | Aspleniaceae |
| Genus: | Asplenium |
| Species: | A. serratum
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| Binomial name | |
| Asplenium serratum | |
Asplenium serratum, the bird's nest spleenwort, wild birdnest fern, or New World birdnest fern, is a fern of the New World/Americas.
Distribution
Asplenium serratum is native to the tropical Americas, from southern Mexico to Central America, the Caribbean, Florida, northern and western South America, Brazil, and Paraguay to northeastern Argentina.1 It is rare in central and southern Florida, where it is a state-listed endangered species.23
Description
Asplenium serratum is an epiphytic or lithophytic fern that grows on eroded limestone, tree trunks, rotting stumps, and fallen logs.43
Taxonomy
Linnaeus was the first to describe American bird's-nest fern with the binomial Asplenium serratum in his Species Plantarum of 1753.5
References
References
- "Asplenium serratum L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- United States Department of Agriculture. "Asplenium serratum". Retrieved 2007-11-25.
- Florida Natural Areas Inventory (2000). "American Bird's Nest Fern" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
- Flora of North America. "Asplenium serratum". Retrieved 2007-11-25.
- Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species Plantarum. Vol. II (1st ed.). Stockholm: Laurentii Salvii. p. 1079.