Asplenium balearicum Shivas

Spice Abaxial surface In the field In the field 2

Family: ASPLENIACEAE

Genus: Asplenium

Catalan common name: Falzia.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Menorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean (Balearico - tirrenic)

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Oakforest. Rock crevices and cliff faces. Small shady banks or slopes. Rock creviceses and holm oak forest.

Characteristics: A fern with leaves to 35 cm in length, and leathery in texture. Lamina is narrowly triangular (2-3 pinnae or divisions) Pinnae are triangular with ecliptic pinnules or egg-shaped (ovate). Sorus is ovate.

Observations: In the Balearic Islands, this plant only lives in Menorca, and is associated with silicic substrates. It can also be found in other small islands in the western Mediterranean. It appears to have originated as a result of a hybridisation between other Asplenium species