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Asplenium montanum Willd.

Mountain Spleenwort

Native records: 20 botanical areas

Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, 17 more areas

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Distribution is shown as WGSRPD Level 3 areas. It does not imply the species occurs throughout an entire area.

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Photograph of Asplenium montanum

A plant of temperate climates. Native to United States.

This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account is not yet available.

Distribution areas

  • United States of America

    • AlabamaNative
    • ConnecticutNative
    • GeorgiaNative
    • IndianaNative
    • KentuckyNative
    • MarylandNative
    • MassachusettsNative
    • MichiganNative
    • MissouriNative
    • New JerseyNative
    • New YorkNative
    • North CarolinaNative
    • OhioNative
    • PennsylvaniaNative
    • Rhode I.Native
    • South CarolinaNative
    • TennesseeNative
    • VermontNative
    • VirginiaNative
    • West VirginiaNative

Climate of the native range

The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.

  • Cfa Temperate, no dry season, hot summer
  • Dfb Cold, no dry season, warm summer
  • Dfa Cold, no dry season, hot summer

The same climate occurs in 73 areas worldwide, 53 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map

A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).

Recorded medicinal uses

The cited source records medicinal use of this plant. It is not an assessment of efficacy or safety.

  • Asplenium montanum is recorded as used medicinally.

    Source location: p.677, left column, line 8

    World Checklist of Useful Plant Species · Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB) · CC BY 4.0 · source version: wcups-2020-62602715

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Other names

Mountain Spleenwort、mountain spleenwort

Family
Aspleniaceae
Genus
Asplenium

Other species in Asplenium

Sources

  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    United States of America · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source

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