Question: Hello, Wondering who this lovely, diminutive fern with the dark midrib might be. Growing at the base of a rock …
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Question
Hello, Wondering who this lovely, diminutive fern with the dark midrib might be. Growing at the base of a rock in company with some kind of Galium (?). Maidenhair fern? Moshassuck River Preserve, Lincoln, RI. Thanks!
Answer
Dear sldz22, you have photographed Asplenium platyneuron (ebony spleenwort), a relatively uncommon fern, often of soils overlaying slightly (to prominently) enriched bedorck (i.e., higher pH soils). Best wishes.
