Aspleniaceae
Forked spleenwort
Asplenium septentrionale
- Family
- Aspleniaceae
- Genus
- Asplenium
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Common names
By language (20)
- Azerbaijani
- Şimal sümürgəsi
- Bulgarian
- Северно изтравниче
- Catalan
- Falzia prima
- Chinese
- 叉叶铁角蕨, 線葉鐵角蕨, 叉葉鐵角蕨, 叉裂铁角蕨, 线叶铁角蕨
- Czech
- Sleziník severní
- Dutch
- Noordse streepvaren
- English
- Forked spleenwort, Grassfern, Northern spleenwort
- Estonian
- Põhja-raunjalg
- Finnish
- Liuskaraunioinen
- French
- Doradille du nord
- German
- Nordischer Streifenfarn, Nördlicher Streifenfarn
- Icelandic
- Skeggburkni
- Italian
- Asplenio settentrionale
- Persian
- سپرزداروی شمالی
- Polish
- Zanokcica północna
- Russian
- Костенец северный
- Slovenian
- Severni sršaj
- Spanish
- Acrostichum septentrionale, Amesium sasaki, Scolopendrium septentrionale, Trichomanes petraeum
- Swedish
- Gaffelbräken, Hällespring
- Ukrainian
- Аспленій північний, Костянець північний, Селезінник північний
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Michael Becker, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Radio Tonreg from Vienna, Austria, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: BerndH, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification 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.