Plant Portrait

Scientific Name:

Asplenium rhizophyllum

Common Name:

Walking Fern

Native/Alien:

Native

Type:

Fern

Bloom Time:

Month(s) or Season

Bloom Area:

Mountains Piedmont Coast State-wide

State Rank:

S3 (*)

Global Rank:

G5 (*)

Walking Fern

New River State Park

Notes:

The long, lance-shaped leaves of the Walking Fern bend over and form roots for another plant, causing it to "walk".

Links:

USDA PLANTS Database Record

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