TROPICAL PLANT ENCYCLOPEDIA
Asplenium nidus, Asplenium nidus-avis
Bird's Nest FernFamily: Aspleniaceae
Origin: Tropical Asia, Polynesia
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
Can be kept outside or in a deeply shaded patio. In the wild, the Bird Nest Fern is an epiphyte, growing on the trunk of trees. Beware of slugs. Requires consistently moist soil.
Similar plants:
- Asplenium achilleifolium (Asplenium)
- Asplenium bulbiferum (Mother Spleenwort)
- Asplenium dimorphum (Lace Fern, Norfolk Island Spleenwort)
- Asplenium flaccidum (Drooping Spleenwort, Weeping Spleenwort)
- Asplenium sp. (Bird's Nest Fern)
- Asplenium trichomanes (Maidenhair Spleenwort)
- Asplenium viviparum, Asplenium daucifolium (Mother Fern)
- Diplazium proliferum, Asplenium proliferum (Peacock Fern)
- Hemionitis arifolia, Asplenium arifolia, Hemionitis cordifolia (Heart Fern )
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