Tag: Ebony Spleenwort (Asplenium platyneuron)

  • A Small Fern, Ebony Spleenwort

    May 18, 2026 Ebony Spleenwort (Asplenium platyneuron), a small fern that is native to not only eastern North American but also southern Africa. It has a distinctive coloring of its central stem, extremely dark almost black, which gives the plant its common name. I often see it up here in the woods. A fern with…

  • Ebony Spleenwort

    May 12, 2025 Ebony Spleenwort (Asplenium platyneuron), native to eastern North America, as well as southern Africa. It is a small evergreen fern that grows to between 6 and 10 inches tall. A fern that I have the pleasure of seeing occasionally as I hike the trails up here in these beautiful mountains. It not…