Aspleniaceae: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	spleenwort family

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Maidenhair spleenwort (Asplenium)

Hart's tongue fern (Phyllitis)

Deer fern (Blechnum spicant).

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spleenwort Acrostichum Elaphoglossum holly fern marsh fern shield fern walking fern Asplenium rhizophyllum Asplenium sibiricum Aspleniineae Blechnaceae Woodsiaceae Thelypteridaceae

Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous