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Asplenium septentrionale (L.) Hoffm.

Forked Spleenwort

Native records: 73 botanical areas

Afghanistan, Albania, Altay, 70 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 septentrionale

A perennial / lithophyte of temperate climates. Native to United States, Russia, China, Italy, Spain, France and elsewhere.

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

Distribution areas

  • Afghanistan

    • AfghanistanNative

  • Åland Islands

    • FinlandNative

  • Albania

    • AlbaniaNative

  • Andorra

    • SpainNative

  • Armenia

    • TranscaucasusNative

  • Austria

    • AustriaNative

  • Azerbaijan

    • TranscaucasusNative

  • Belarus

    • BelarusNative

  • Belgium

    • BelgiumNative

  • Bhutan

    • East HimalayaNative

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina

    • YugoslaviaNative

  • Bulgaria

    • BulgariaNative

  • China

    • China North-CentralNative
    • TibetNative
    • XinjiangNative

  • Croatia

    • YugoslaviaNative

  • Czechia

    • CzechoslovakiaNative

  • Denmark

    • DenmarkNative

  • Estonia

    • Baltic StatesNative

  • Finland

    • FinlandNative

  • France

    • CorseNative
    • FranceNative

  • Georgia

    • TranscaucasusNative

  • Germany

    • GermanyNative

  • Gibraltar

    • SpainNative

  • Greece

    • GreeceNative

  • Guernsey

    • FranceNative

  • Holy See

    • ItalyNative

  • Hungary

    • HungaryNative

  • Iceland

    • IcelandNative

  • India

    • East HimalayaNative
    • West HimalayaNative

  • Iran, Islamic Republic of

    • IranNative

  • Ireland

    • IrelandNative

  • Isle of Man

    • Great BritainNative

  • Italy

    • ItalyNative
    • SardegnaNative
    • SiciliaNative

  • Japan

    • JapanNative

  • Jersey

    • FranceNative

  • Kazakhstan

    • KazakhstanNative

  • Kyrgyzstan

    • KirgizistanNative

  • Latvia

    • Baltic StatesNative

  • Liechtenstein

    • AustriaNative

  • Lithuania

    • Baltic StatesNative

  • Luxembourg

    • BelgiumNative

  • Malta

    • SiciliaNative

  • Mexico

    • Mexico NorthwestNative

  • Moldova, Republic of

    • UkraineNative

  • Monaco

    • FranceNative

  • Mongolia

    • MongoliaNative

  • Montenegro

    • YugoslaviaNative

  • Morocco

    • MoroccoNative

  • Nepal

    • NepalNative

  • North Macedonia

    • YugoslaviaNative

  • Norway

    • NorwayNative

  • Pakistan

    • PakistanNative

  • Poland

    • PolandNative

  • Portugal

    • MadeiraNative
    • PortugalNative

  • Romania

    • RomaniaNative

  • Russian Federation

    • AltayNative
    • Baltic StatesNative
    • Central European RussiaNative
    • East European RussiaNative
    • KrasnoyarskNative
    • North CaucasusNative
    • North European RussiaNative
    • Northwest European RussiaNative
    • TuvaNative
    • West SiberiaNative

  • San Marino

    • ItalyNative

  • Serbia

    • YugoslaviaNative

  • Slovakia

    • CzechoslovakiaNative

  • Slovenia

    • YugoslaviaNative

  • Spain

    • Canary Is.Native
    • MoroccoNative
    • SpainNative

  • Sweden

    • SwedenNative

  • Switzerland

    • SwitzerlandNative

  • Taiwan, Province of China

    • TaiwanNative

  • Tajikistan

    • TadzhikistanNative

  • Türkiye

    • TurkeyNative
    • Turkey-in-EuropeNative

  • Ukraine

    • KrymNative
    • UkraineNative

  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

    • Great BritainNative
    • IrelandNative

  • United States of America

    • ArizonaNative
    • CaliforniaNative
    • ColoradoNative
    • IdahoNative
    • New MexicoNative
    • OklahomaNative
    • OregonNative
    • South DakotaNative
    • TexasNative
    • UtahNative
    • West VirginiaNative
    • WyomingNative

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.

  • Cfb Temperate, no dry season, warm summer
  • Dfb Cold, no dry season, warm summer
  • Csa Temperate, dry summer, hot summer
  • Csb Temperate, dry summer, warm summer
  • Cfa Temperate, no dry season, hot summer
  • Dfc Cold, no dry season, cold summer
  • ET Polar, tundra
  • BWh Arid, desert, hot
  • BSk Arid, steppe, cold
  • BWk Arid, desert, cold
  • Dwc Cold, dry winter, cold summer
  • Dfa Cold, no dry season, hot summer
  • Cwa Temperate, dry winter, hot summer
  • Cwb Temperate, dry winter, warm summer
  • Dsb Cold, dry summer, warm summer
  • Dwa Cold, dry winter, hot summer
  • BSh Arid, steppe, hot
  • Dwb Cold, dry winter, warm summer
  • Dsc Cold, dry summer, cold summer
  • Dsa Cold, dry summer, hot summer

The same climate occurs in 242 areas worldwide, 169 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 septentrionale is recorded as used medicinally.

    Source location: p.677, left column, line 42

    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

Forked Spleenwort、forked spleenwort、Forked spleenwort

Family
Aspleniaceae
Genus
Asplenium

Other species in Asplenium

Sources

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

    Afghanistan · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Åland Islands · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Albania · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Andorra · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Armenia · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Austria · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Azerbaijan · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Belgium · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Bulgaria · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Bosnia and Herzegovina · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Belarus · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Bhutan · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Switzerland · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    China · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Czechia · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Germany · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Denmark · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Spain · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Estonia · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Finland · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    France · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Georgia · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Guernsey · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Gibraltar · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Greece · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Croatia · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Hungary · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Isle of Man · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    India · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Ireland · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Iran, Islamic Republic of · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Iceland · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Italy · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Jersey · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Japan · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Kazakhstan · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Kyrgyzstan · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Liechtenstein · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Lithuania · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Luxembourg · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Latvia · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Morocco · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Monaco · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Moldova, Republic of · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Mexico · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    North Macedonia · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Malta · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Montenegro · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Mongolia · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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    Norway · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Nepal · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Pakistan · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Poland · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Portugal · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Romania · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Russian Federation · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    San Marino · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Serbia · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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    Slovakia · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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    Slovenia · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Sweden · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Tajikistan · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Türkiye · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    Taiwan, Province of China · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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    Ukraine · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

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

    Holy See · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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