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- Aspidotis densa growing in serpentine crevice
Aspidotis densa
Collection data (M. Southgate, 597 )
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Pteridaceae
- Genus: Aspidotis (Nutt. ex Hook.) Copel.
- Species: Aspidotis densa (Brack.) Lellinger
Collection Data
- Collection Date: 17-08-2019
- Collection Number: 597
- Primary collector: M. Southgate
- Collected by: M. Southgate
- Habit: Lithophyte
- Specimen location: VT
- Observations: Large patch growing scattered across steep slope of serpentine outcrop, likely between 50-100 clumps. Growing both in rock crevices and in thin serpentine-derived soil. Growing with Larix laricina, Juniperus communis var. depressa, Betula papyrifera, Cirsium sp., Campanula rotundifolia, Adiantum aleuticum, and Adiantum viridimontanum.
Collection Location
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