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Asplenium abscissum Willd.
Cutleaf spleenwort

Family: Aspleniaceae

Group: Pteridophyte

Substrate: Lithophyte

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southeastern United States (peninsular Florida, Alabama [Jackson County]), the West Indies, southern Mexico, Central America and South America.

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Critically Imperiled

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Asplenium abscissum
Copyright by: Mike Rosenthal
In habitat in Citrus County, Florida

Other data on Asplenium abscissum available from :
Institute for Regional Conservation
IRC Species Account 		Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Asplenium abscissum has been found in the following conservation area :
Occurrence Native Status
Fern Forest Nature Center Present Native


Asplenium abscissum has been found in the following 3 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Broward County Native
Lee County Recorded as Present in Error
Miami-Dade County Presumed Extirpated Presumed Extirpated


Asplenium abscissum has been found in the following habitat :
Rockland Hammock


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Asplenium abscissum
Copyright by: Mike Rosenthal
In habitat in Citrus County, Florida