Aspleniaceae

Australian bird's-nest fern

Asplenium australasicum Hook.

Family: Aspleniaceae
Genus: Asplenium

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Common names

By language (6)

Arabic: سرخس عش الغراب
arz: سرخس عش الغراب
Chinese: 南洋山苏花, 南洋山蘇花, 南洋巢蕨
English: Australian bird's-nest fern
Japanese: リュウキュウトリノスシダ
Russian: Костенец южноазиатский, Асплениум южноазиатский

Synonyms

Asplenium nidus var. bieriale Holttum
Asplenium nidus var. multilobum F.M.Bailey
Neottopteris australasica (Hook.) J.Sm.
Thamnopteris australasica (Hook.) T.Moore

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb, Shrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Pacific Basin: native

Photos

Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Casliber, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: John Robert McPherson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: John Robert McPherson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: John Robert McPherson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.