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• n  common North American fern with polished black stripes

• Scott's Spleenwort
• Asplenium platyneuron

News & Articles

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• City Room: Unexpected Décor
  In New York City’s five boroughs, the ebony spleenwort is most frequently found squeezing its roots into the mortar of abandoned forts, railroad trestles, bridges and the foundations of old buildings.        
  June 14, 2013 - New York Times