Great Fern Diplazium expansum
Previously known as:
- Asplenium allantodioides
- Phonetic Spelling
- dy-PLAY-zee-um EX-pan-sum
- Description
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A fern found along stream banks, rocky ravines and glades at high elevations in tropical Americas.
VIDEO Created by NC State Extension's Homegrown series featuring Mark Weathington, Director of JC Raulston Arboretum.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Diplazium
- Species:
- expansum
- Family:
- Aspleniaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- Mexico, Tropical America
- Particularly Resistant To (Insects/Diseases/Other Problems):
- Deer
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Fern
- Habit/Form:
- Erect
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Fruit:
- Fruit Description:
- No fruits. This plants reproduces via spores.
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Flowers:
- Flower Description:
- No flowers.
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Leaves:
- Leaf Type:
- Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
- Fronds
- Leaf Margin:
- Entire
- Hairs Present:
- No
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Deer
