Ebony Spleenwort
Asplenium platyneuron
Small evergreen fern with glossy dark-purple stems. Tolerates dry shade and rocky sites including limestone outcrops.
- Family
- Aspleniaceae
- Type
- fern
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.5–1 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, alkaline
- Landscape uses
- groundcover, container, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, AZ, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV