American bird's-nest fern

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Asplenium serratum

American bird's-nest fern, a reference photo
Photo: Paulo Schwirkowski · CC BY 3.0 (licence)

Asplenium serratum, the bird's nest spleenwort, wild birdnest fern, or New World birdnest fern, is a fern of the New World/Americas.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it poisonous?

We have no record of American bird's-nest fern being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Polypodiopsida
Order
Polypodiales
Family
Aspleniaceae
Species
Asplenium serratum

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