Asplenium ruta-muraria

Wall rue

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Blechnales
Family: Aspleniaceae
Genus: Asplenium
Species: A. ruta-muraria
Binomial name
Asplenium ruta-muraria
L.

Asplenium ruta-muraria is a species of fern commonly known as wall-rue. In Germany, it is known as Mauerraute or Mauerstreifenfarn. It is a very small epipetric species, growing exclusively on limestone and other calcareous rocks.

Sori of A. ruta-muraria

Distribution and habitat

Asplenium ruta-muraria is native to Europe, east Asia, and eastern North America.[1] In North America, its range extends from western New England southwest along the Appalachian Mountains to Alabama and Tennessee. It is also found in the Ozarks and in southern Indiana and Ohio, with outlying occurrences in Michigan, Ontario, Quebec, and Clinton County, Iowa.[2]

In Europe, it commonly invades masonry and is a common species, while in the United States, it is more difficult to find, favoring pockets in very well-weathered and rather dry limestone outcrops.

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