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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Asplenium X kentuckiense
 
 
 CLASS:    LEPTOSPORANGIOPSIDA
 ORDER:    FICALES
 FAMILY:   ASPLENIACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Asplenium X kentuckiense
 AUTHORITY:  McCoy
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    KENTUCKY SPLEENWORT
 
 SYNONOMY:
     Asplenium pinnatifidum Nutt. var. kentuckiense (McCoy) Clute
     Asplenosorus kentuckiensis (McCoy) Mickel
 
 PLANTS CODE: ASKE2
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       UPLAND FOREST
         XERIC
     PRIMARY
       BLUFF
         CLIFF (ROCKY BLUFF)
           SANDSTONE
 
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:
     CENTRAL
        Upland oak
           Post oak - blackjack oak
     SOUTHERN
        Oak-Pine
           Shortleaf Pine-oak
 
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:
     Ozark
        Southern
 
 COUNTIES:
   UNION
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Fern-allies
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Adventitious   (fibrous)   (rhizomes)
    LEAF TYPE:    Compound  (pinnately)
    LEAF MARGIN:   Crenate   Lobed  (pinnately)
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Lanceolate
    INFLORESCENCE:           No
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:
    FLOWER COLOR:
    FRUIT:   No
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Leaves evergreen, pinnate below, pinnatifid above; rachis brown below,
     green above.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Rare
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Forb
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:          None
 
 BIOLOGIC COMMENTS:
     Considered to be the sterile hybrid between Asplenium pinnatifidum Nutt.
     and Asplenium platyneuron (L.) Oakes (Mohlenbrock, 1986).
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     GROWTH OF SPECIES IN VARIOUS CONDITIONS:
          GRAVEL         No data entered    SAND           No data entered
          SANDY LOAM     No data entered    LOAM           No data entered
          CLAY LOAM      No data entered    CLAY           No data entered
          DENSE CLAY     No data entered    ORGANIC SOIL   No data entered
          NEUTRAL pH     No data entered    ACIDIC SOIL    No data entered
          EXTREMELY ACID No data entered    SALINE SOIL    No data entered
          SODIC SOIL     No data entered    SODIC-SALINE   No data entered
          ROCKY OUTCROPS Good               GENTLE SLOPES  No data entered
          MODERATE SLOPE No data entered    STEEP SLOPES   No data entered
     HABITAT:   Xeric
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     MAJOR POLLINATION AGENT:   None
 
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  NO
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:   No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:    No data entered
 
 
 REFERENCES:
Jones, G. N.  1963.  Flora of Illinois.  Third ed.  American Midland Naturalist
     Monograph 7.  University of Notre Dame, Indiana.  401 pp.
Mohlenbrock, R. H.  1967-continuing.  The illustrated flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
Downton, W. J. S.  1975.  The occurrence of C4 photosynthesis among plants.
     Photosynthetica 9(1): 96-105.
Mohlenbrock, R. H., ed.  1983-continuing.  Illinois flora update.  Erigenia.
 
 OTHER REFERENCES:
     Kurz, D.R. and M.L. Bowles. 1981. Report on the Status of Illinois
     Vascular Plants Potentially Endangered or Threatened in the United
     States.  Natural Land Institute. Rockford, IL.
     Mickel, J. T.  1974.  The status and composition of Asplenosorus.  American
          Fern Journal 64: 119.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Asplenium X kentuckiense
 
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 ILPIN was developed by Louis Iverson*, with data compiled by David Ketzner and Jeanne Karnes
 Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820
     *currently employed by USDA Forest Service, 359 Main Rd., Delaware, OH 43015