Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Asplenium L.

Family: Aspleniaceae

Scientific Synonyms: Camptosorus Link., Filinguis Raf., Scolopendrium Smith.

Common names:

Hart's-tongue [Hart's tongue] (1828) (7)

Resurrection fern (1937, TX) (124)

Spleen fern [Spleenfern] (1828) (7)

Spleenwort [Spleen-wort] (1814-Present) (1, 4, 10, 50, 109, 138, 155, 158, 167)

Walking fern [Walking-fern, Walkingfern] (1900-1942) (1, 155, 158)

Walking-leaf [Walking leaf] (1932) (1)

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