NC Native Plant Society:
Plant Details

Asplenium platyneuron

Scientific Name:	Asplenium platyneuron
Genus:	Asplenium
Species Epithet:	platyneuron
Common Name:	Ebony spleenwort
Plant Type	Fern/Clubmoss/Allies
Life Cycle	Perennial
Plant Family	Aspleniaceae (Spleenwort Family)
Native/Alien:	NC Native
Size:	0-1 ft.
Light:	Part Shade - 2 to 6 hours of sun per day, Less than 2 hours of sun per day
Soil Moisture:	Dry, Moist
Growing Area:	Mountains, Piedmont, Sandhills, Coastal Plain
Habitat Description:	moist to dry soils of forests, woodlands, old fields; also on outcrops, especially of calcareous rocks, at low to moderate elevations;
Leaf Retention:	Evergreen
Leaf Type:	Fern Frond
Leaf Form:	Nothing Specified
Life Cycle:	Perennial
Wildlife Value:	No known wildlife value
Landscape Value:	Suitable for home landscapes
State Rank:	S5: Secure ^(*Key)
Global Rank:	G5 - Secure ^(*Key)
Notes:	This small fern is lacy and evergreen so it provides year-round interest.
Growing on a brick wall! Orange County, NC Bettina Darveaux
Each plant has both sterile and fertile fronds, the fertile fronds are more erect and taller Orange County, NC Bettina Darveaux
Close-up of frond showing dark colored rachis Orange County, NC Bettina Darveaux
Underside of fertile frond showing sori Orange County, NC Bettina Darveaux
Links:	USDA PLANTS Database Record https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/asplenium-platyneuron/