Family: Hymenophyllaceae
Group: Pteridophyte
Substrate:
Lithophyte
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: The subspecies is endemic to peninsular Florida. The species is native to peninsular Florida, the West Indies, Central America and South America.
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
NatureServe Global Status:
G4G5T1
United States Federal Status:
Endangered
State of Florida Status:
Endangered
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
Critically Imperiled
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Critically Imperiled
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as critically imperiled in Rare Plants of South Florida (
Gann et al. 2002; pp 552-554) as
Trichomanes punctatum subsp.
floridanum based on two occurrences in three protected areas (Castellow Hammock Park; Fuchs Hammock Preserve and Meissner Hammock). This species is still extant at all of these original locations.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: Florida bristle fern was listed as a Federal candidate under the Endangered Species Act in 2009, and listed as Endangered in November, 2015. For more information, visit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Species Profile.
Reported by John Kunkel Small in 1918 for
Royal Palm Hammock. See also IRC’s report
Vascular plant species of management concern in Everglades National Park (Gann 2015), page 64 and Florida Natural Areas Inventory's
Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000).
Synonyms: Trichomanes punctatum Poir. subsp.
floridanum Wess. Boer.
