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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Asplenium X shawneense
 
 
 CLASS:    LEPTOSPORANGIOPSIDA
 ORDER:    FICALES
 FAMILY:   ASPLENIACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Asplenium X shawneense
 AUTHORITY:  (R. C. Moran) H. E. Ballard
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    SHAWNEE SPLEENWORT
 
 SYNONOMY:
     X Asplenosorus shawneensis R. C. Moran
 
 PLANTS CODE: ASSH6
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     PRIMARY
       BLUFF
         CLIFF (ROCKY BLUFF)
           SANDSTONE
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:
     Shawnee Hills
        Greater Shawnee Hills
 
 COUNTIES:
   WILLIAMSON
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Fern-allies
 
 TAXONOMY COMMENTS:
     Hybrid between Camptosorus rhizophyllus and Asplenium trichomanes.
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Adventitious   (fibrous)   (rhizomes)
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:
    LEAF TYPE:    Compound  (pinnately)
    LEAF MARGIN:   Crenate   Lobed  (pinnately)
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Lanceolate
    INFLORESCENCE:           No
    FRUIT:   No
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Evergreen; leaves pinnatifid-crenate at the middle.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Rare
     ENDEMIC:   IL
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Forb
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
 
 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
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:    No data entered
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  NO     LANDSCAPING:  NO
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:   No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:    No data entered
 
 
 REFERENCES:
Mohlenbrock, R. H., ed.  1986.  Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois.
     Revised and enlarged edition.  Southern Illinois University Press,
     Carbondale.  507 pp.
 
 OTHER REFERENCES:
     Moran, R. C.  1981.  X Asplenosorus shawneensis, a new natural fern hybrid
          between Asplenium trichomanes and Camptosorus rhizophyllus.  American
          Fern Journal 71: 85-89.
     Ballard, H. E., Jr.  1983.  A new combination for an Asplenosorus hybrid.
          American Fern Journal 73: 31.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Asplenium X shawneense
 
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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