38 ASPLENIUM 



MOUNTAIN SPLEENWORT: 



Asplenium montanum. 



Fronds 2 to 6 inches long, broadest at the base; 

 lowest pinnae stalked, pinnate or pinnatifid with 

 toothed lobes, the upper ones becoming simpler. 



Fruit dots irregularly scattered, borne on almost 

 every frond. 



Found on cliffs and rocks from Connecticut to 

 Ohio, Kentucky, Arkansas and southward. 



