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Asplenium normale
Rainforest Spleenwort
As recorded: Asplenium normale D.Don
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Polypodiopsida › Polypodiales › Aspleniaceae
- Collected by
- Charette, L.A.
- Collector number
- 1460
- Date
- October 17, 1953
- Locality
- In the village of Sengo-Kubara, 2 mines northwest of Yokoyama village, Iwakuni City (25.6 miles west of Hiroshima City). Base of east slope of Castle Mountain (Shiro-yama) National Forest, west bank of the Nishiki River.
- Island
- Honshu
- Region
- Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
- Elevation
- 50 m
- Identified by
- Smith, A.R.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Asplenium normale observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1953. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 491 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-16.

2026-10-16
南勢溪, 烏來區, 新北市, TW
(c) travcoscott, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-12
557台灣南投縣竹山鎮大鞍里
(c) Chen Shu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-07
陽明山國家公園, 士林區, 臺北市, TW
(c) α Sco, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-03
311台灣新竹縣五峰鄉
(c) freesiahsu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-03
311台灣新竹縣五峰鄉
(c) freesiahsu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-05
557台灣南投縣竹山鎮雲嶺之丘
(c) dylan Lee, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Asplenium normale. BISH 597660. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956321723. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/597660.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956321723 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
