Asplenium marinum L.

Spice In the field

Family: ASPLENIACEAE

Genus: Asplenium

Catalan common name: Falzia marina.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. Girona.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Rocky coastlines. Rock crevices and cliff faces. Rocks and cliff faces.

Characteristics: A fern with fronds reaching 40 cm. in length, and leathery in texture. The lamina is oblong-lanceolate, (longer than wide), clear green in colour (pinnate or divided). Pinnae are in the form of an egg (ovate). The sori are longer than wide, with a univalvuate indusium.

Observations: This is one of the few fern species that is strictly littoral, as they can be found in cave ceilings that open to the sea, shady spots.