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Acrostichum danaeifolium Langsd. & Fisch.
Giant leather fern

Copyright by: George D. Gann

Family: Pteridaceae

Group: Pteridophyte

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Peninsular Florida, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Secure

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: Visit our Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images. Reported by John Kunkel Small in 1918 for Royal Palm Hammock.

Synonyms: A. excelsum.

Other data on Acrostichum danaeifolium available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Acrostichum danaeifolium has been found in the following 117 conservation areas :
A.D. Doug Barnes Park	Present	Native
Allapattah Flats Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Babcock Ranch Preserve	Present	Native
Bahia Honda State Park	Present	Native
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	Present	Native
Bill Sadowski Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section	Present	Native
Black Creek Forest	Present	Native
Black Point Park and Marina	Present	Native
Blazing Star Preserve	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Blowing Rocks Preserve	Present	Native
Blue Heron Hammock, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Bocilla Preserve	Present	Native
Bonair Beach Parcel, Martin County	Present	Native
Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve	Present	Native
Caloosahatchee Regional Park	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 28	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock Park	Present	Native
Cayo Costa State Park	Present	Native
Cedar Point Environmental Park	Present	Native
Chapman Field Park	Present	Native
Coconut Creek Maple Swamp Natural Area	Present	Native
Collier-Seminole State Park	Present	Native
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW)	Present	Native
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary	Present	Native
Crandon Park	Present	Native
Curry Hammock State Park	Present	Native
Cypress Knee Slough Preserve	Present	Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Daskas	Present	Native
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Native
Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park	Present	Native
Delray Beach, Lake Ida parcel	Present	Native
Doris Davis Forman Wilderness Preserve Natural Area	Present	Native
Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park	Present	Native
Dry Tortugas National Park	Present	Native
Dupuis Reserve	Present	Native
Enchanted Forest Park	Present	Native
Estero Bay Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Everglades and Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Fern Forest Nature Center	Present	Native
Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Frenchman's Forest Natural Area	Present	Native
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands	Present	Native
Gomez	Present	Native
Grassy Waters Preserve	Present	Native
Halpatiokee Regional Park	Present	Native
Hickey Creek Mitigation Park Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Highland Oaks Park	Present	Native
Hillsboro Pineland Natural Area	Present	Native
Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Holiday Hammock	Present	Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Present	Native
J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
John D. MacArthur Beach State Park	Present	Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park	Present	Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park	Present	Native
Juno Dunes Natural Area	Present	Native
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area		Native
Jupiter Ridge Natural Area	Present	Native
Kiplinger	Present	Native
Koreshan State Historic Site	Present	Native
LaBelle Nature Park	Present	Native
Lake Okeechobee Marshes	Present	Native
Larry and Penny Thompson Park	Present	Native
Lemon Bay Aquatic Preserve	Present	Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Little Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Long Key Natural Area & Nature Center	Present	Native
Long Key State Park	Present	Native
Loxahatchee River Natural Area	Present	Native
Loxahatchee River-Lake Worth Creek Aquatic Preserve	Present	Native
Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area	Present	Native
Lucille Hammock	Present	Native
Mangrove Preserve	Present	Native
Matanzas Pass Preserve	Present	Native
Matheson Hammock Park	Present	Native
Milton E. Thompson Park	Present	Native
Muscara	Present	Native
National Key Deer Refuge	Present	Native
Navy Wells Pineland 23	Present	Native
Navy Wells Pineland Preserve	Present	Native
Ocean Ridge Hammock Park	Present	Native
Pal-Mar	Present	Native
Pal-Mar Natural Area	Present	Native
Peck Lake Park	Present	Native
Pine Island Ridge Natural Area	Present	Native
Pond Apple Slough Natural Area	Present	Native
Prairie Pines Preserve	Present	Native
R. Hardy Matheson Preserve	Present	Native
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	Present	Native
Savannas Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Seabranch Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Secret Woods Nature Center	Present	Native
Silver Palm Groves	Present	Native
Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve	Present	Native
South Dade Wetlands	Present	Native
Southern Glades	Present	Native
Spoonbill Sound Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Stump Pass Beach State Park	Present	Native
Tall Cypress Natural Area	Present	Native
Tradewinds Park & Stables	Present	Native
Trail Glades Range	Present	Native
Tree Island Park	Present	Native
Tree Tops Park	Present	Native
Virginia Key Beach Park and Marine Stadium	Present	Native
Warbler Wetland Natural Area	Present	Native
West Lake Park/Anne Kolb Nature Center	Present	Native
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park	Present	Native
Woodmont Natural Area	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Acrostichum danaeifolium has been found in the following 9 counties :
Broward County		Native
Charlotte County		Native
Collier County		Native
Hendry County		Native
Lee County		Native
Martin County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Keys)		Native
Palm Beach County		Native