Bird's-nest fern is a common name applied to several related species of
epiphytic
An epiphyte is a plant or plant-like organism that grows on the surface of another 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 epiphyt ...
ferns in the genus ''
Asplenium
''Asplenium'' is a genus of about 700 species of ferns, often treated as the only genus in the family (biology), family Aspleniaceae, though other authors consider ''Hymenasplenium'' separate, based on molecular phylogenetic analysis of DNA seque ...
''. 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. cymbifolium''
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A. serratum'' (wild bird's-nest fern)
Asplenium
Epiphytes
House plants
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