Bird's-nest fern is a common name applied to several related species of
epiphytic
An epiphyte is an organism that grows on the surface of a plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it. The plants on which epiphytes grow are called phoroph ...
ferns in the genus ''
Asplenium
''Asplenium'' is a genus of about 700 species of ferns, often treated as the only genus in the family Aspleniaceae, though other authors consider '' Hymenasplenium'' separate, based on molecular phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequences, a different ...
''. They grow in a tight, nest-like clump with a lingulate leaf rosette.
Species known as bird's nest fern include:
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A. nidus'' (bird's-nest fern)
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A. australasicum'' (crow's-nest fern)
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A. antiquum''
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A. serratum'' (wild bird's-nest fern)
Asplenium
Epiphytes
House plants
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