Asplenium viride Calflora

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Taxon Report

Asplenium viride Huds.

Green spleenwort

2019 John Game

2007 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

Asplenium viride is a fern (rhizomatous) that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.

also called Asplenium trichomanes-ramosum

California Rare Plant Rank: 2B.3 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA; common elsewhere).


	Plant Range Observation Search ~10 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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Genus:	Asplenium
Family:	Aspleniaceae
Category:	fern
PLANTS group:	Fern
Jepson eFlora section: fern

Habitat: cliffs

Communities: Subalpine Forest

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + JEF + CNPS + POWO

Alternate Names:


JEF	Asplenium trichomanes-ramosum
PLANTS	Asplenium trichomanes-ramosum

Information about Asplenium viride from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (ASTR10) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map CNPS Inventory: 2B.3 Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 08/24/2025).