Species Details

Asplenium septentrionale

northern spleenwort

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Classification

Scientific Name: Asplenium septentrionale (L.) Hoffm.
Common Name: northern spleenwort
Family:	Aspleniaceae
Element Code:	PPASP021F0
USDA Plants Symbol:	ASSE
Synonyms/Other Names:

Conservation Status

CA Rare Plant Rank:	2B.3
Fed List:	None
State List:	None
Global Rank:	G4G5
State Rank:	S3
Other Status:
CRPR Changes: changed from 2.3 to 2B.3 on 2013-06-12
Add Date:	1974-01-01
Date Edited:	2021-08-25

Ecology and Life History

Lifeform: perennial rhizomatous herb
Blooming Period: Jul-Aug
Elevation: 1615 - 3350 meters 5300 - 10990 feet
General Habitat: Chaparral Lower montane coniferous forest Subalpine coniferous forest Upper montane coniferous forest
General Micro Habitat:
Micro Habitat: Granitic Rocky

Notes

Notes: Known in CA from fewer than ten occurrences. On review list in ID, and endangered in OR. See Madroño 25(4):232 (1978) for distributional information.
Threats:
Taxonomy:
Other:

Occurrence Data from the CNDDB

Element Occurrence Ranks:
Total Occurrences:					8
A	B	C	D	X	U
1	1	0	0	0	6

Occurrence Status:
Historical >20 Years	6
Recent <=20 Years	2

Presence:
Presumed Extant	8
Possibly Extirpated	0
Presumed Extirpated	0

Location

California Endemic:

California Island:

States: Name (Code)
Arizona (AZ), Baja California (BA), California (CA), Colorado (CO), Idaho (ID), New Mexico (NM), Oklahoma (OK), Oregon (OR), South Dakota (SD), Texas (TX), Utah (UT), West Virginia (WV), Wyoming (WY)

California Counties and Islands: Name (Code)
Shasta (SHA), Tehama (TEH), Tulare (TUL)

Quads: Name (Quad Code)
Lassen Peak (4012145), Manzanita Lake (4012155), Mineral King (3611845), Thousand Lakes Valley (4012165), West Prospect Peak (4012154)

Notes:

Definitions of codes following a county and/or quad:
*		Presumed extirpated
(?)		Occurrence confirmed, but possibly extirpated
Quad and county data is imported from the CNDDB. Species may be present in other areas where conditions are favorable. These data should NOT be substituted for pre-project review or for on-site surveys.

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