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Aspleniaceae
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Desert Research Learning Center, Botany Program
Small to medium sized ferns. Terrestrial, epiphytic, or growing on rock. Stems erect to long- creeping, sometimes branched, indurate, bearing scales. Leaves are clustered to remote, 1 to 3 cm long, entire, pinnate, or rarely dichotomous. Petiole not articulate, usually smooth when mature, with paleae at base that are often hairy and glandular. Sori usually elongate, originating on a vein, covered by an indusium. Sporangia usually long- stalked, homosporous, spores lacking cholorphyll. 
Species within checklist: Talladega National Forest NEON (TALL) plants - Ozarks Complex (D08)
Asplenium platyneuron
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