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spleenwort

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spleenwort
any of various ferns of the genus Asplenium, esp A. trichomanes, that often grows on walls, having linear or oblong sori on the undersurface of the fronds


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The island, which is accessible to the general public, is close to the site of the only Upper Triassic dinosaur footprint found in the UK and is a haven for plants not usually found in the area, including the rare bee orchid, marine spleenwort and the adders tongue fern.
Pennywort, stunted hart's tongue and black spleenwort grow in the ruined walls of a lime kiln, and the fenced-off dumps of the South Tamar mine are overgrown in oak, hazel and flowering gorse.
ASPLENIACEAE Newman ASPLENIUM Linnaeus Spleenwort Rhizomes short, thick; fronds 5-40 cm long, monomorphic; rachis brown to black; blades pinnate, oblong; sori elongate, medical to sub-marginal; indusia laterally attached.
 
 
 
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