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Campyloneurum angustifolium (Sw.) Fee
Narrow strap fern, Narrow-leaved strap fern

Campyloneurum angustifolium
Copyright by: Bruce Holst

Family: Polypodiaceae

Group: Pteridophyte

Substrate: Epiphyte

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

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

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

NatureServe Global Status: Apparently Secure

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 225-227) based on one extant occurrence in Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park of Collier County where it is still present. It was also recorded in 2009 by Keith Bradley via iNaturalistin the northeastern Big Cypress National Preserve or nearby vicinity.

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: See also Florida Natural Areas Inventory's Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000).

Other data on Campyloneurum angustifolium available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Campyloneurum angustifolium has been found in the following 3 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Big Cypress National Preserve Assumed to be Present Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer Presumed Extirpated Presumed Extirpated
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park Present Native

Campyloneurum angustifolium has been found in the following 3 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Collier County Native
Miami-Dade County Presumed Extirpated Presumed Extirpated
Monroe County (Mainland) Recorded as Present in Error

Campyloneurum angustifolium has been found in the following 3 habitats :
Rockland Hammock
Slough
Strand Swamp

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Campyloneurum angustifolium
Copyright by: Bruce Holst
Campyloneurum angustifolium
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Campyloneurum angustifolium
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Cultivated plant as part of reintroduction project
Miami-Dade County, Florida, 2012