Family: Aspleniaceae

Birds-nest-fern is native to Temperate Asia. This herbaceous plant boasts a rosette of bright green lance-shaped fronds with wavy margins that gently arch away from the center. Under the fronds, sori are arranged in a herringbone pattern along the midrib. 

Birds-nest-fern can be grown indoors with bright, indirect light. Or outside epiphytically on a mature tree. Birds-nest-fern makes an excellent addition to a shade garden.

Plant Uses:

• Container plant
• Indoor plant
• Ornamental
• Shade

Plant Dangers:

• No dangers

High Risk Traits:

• Elevation range exceeds 2000 m, demonstrating environmental versatility
  
• Grows in tropical climates (could establish in Hawaiian Islands)
  
• Shade-tolerant
  
• Reproduces by spores (could naturalize)
  
• Possibly hybridizes with other Asplenium species (could possibly cross with native species)
  
• Spores wind-dispersed
  
• Prolific spore production
  
• Gaps in biological and ecological information reduce accuracy of risk assessment

Low Risk Traits:

• No reports of invasiveness or naturalization, but limited evidence of widespread introduction outside native range
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
  
• Non-toxic
  
• Ornamental