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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Asplenium pinnatifidum
 
 
 CLASS:    LEPTOSPORANGIOPSIDA
 ORDER:    FICALES
 FAMILY:   ASPLENIACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Asplenium pinnatifidum
 AUTHORITY:  Nutt.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    PINNATIFID SPLEENWORT
 
 SYNONOMY:
     Asplenosorus pinnatifidus (Nutt.) Mickel
 
 PLANTS CODE: ASPI
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     PRIMARY
       BLUFF
         CLIFF (ROCKY BLUFF)
           SANDSTONE
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   CUMBERLAND      FULTON          GALLATIN        HARDIN          JACKSON
   JOHNSON         MASSAC          POPE            SALINE          UNION
   WABASH          WILLIAMSON
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Fern-allies
 
 TAXONOMY COMMENTS:
     This species is a fertile tetraploid of hybrid origin between Asplenium montanum
     and Asplenium rhizophyllum.
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Adventitious   (fibrous)   (rhizomes)
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire   Crenate   Lobed  (pinnately)
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Lanceolate
    INFLORESCENCE:           No
    FRUIT:   No
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Occasional
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Forb
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     MAJOR DISPERSAL AGENTS:   WIND
     MAJOR POLLINATION AGENT:   None
 
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  NO
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:   No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:    No data entered
 
 
 REFERENCES:
Mohlenbrock, R. H., and D. M. Ladd.  1978.  Distribution of Illinois vascular
     plants.  Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale. 282 pp.
Jones, G. N.  1963.  Flora of Illinois.  Third ed.  American Midland Naturalist
     Monograph 7.  University of Notre Dame, Indiana.  401 pp.
Steyermark, J. A.  1963.  Flora of Missouri.  Iowa State University Press, Ames.
     1725 pp.
Gleason, H. A., and A. Cronquist.  1963.  Manual of vascular plants of north-
     eastern United States and adjacent Canada.  Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.,
     New York.  810 pp.
Fernald, M. L.  1950.  Gray's manual of botany.  8th ed.  American Book Co.,
     New York.  1632 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.
 
 OTHER REFERENCES:
     Mickel, J. T.  1974.  The status and composition of Asplenosorus.  American
          Fern Journal 64: 119.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Asplenium pinnatifidum
 
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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