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Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small
Southern wood fern

Dryopteris ludoviciana
Copyright by: Gil Nelson

Family: Dryopteridaceae

Group: Pteridophyte

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southeastern United States.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Presumed Extirpated or Extinct in the Wild

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as possibly extirpated in Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann et al. 2002, pp 140-141) based on a single collection in 1937 from "Deep Lake Hammock", which was likely what is now Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park in Collier County. A report for Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary (Judd 1994) was not verified by Wilder and McColl0 (2018). No new records are known.

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Other data on Dryopteris ludoviciana available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Dryopteris ludoviciana has been found in the following 2 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary Doubtfully Present
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park Presumed Extirpated Presumed Extirpated

Dryopteris ludoviciana has been found in the following county :
Occurrence Native Status
Collier County Presumed Extirpated Presumed Extirpated

Dryopteris ludoviciana has been found in the following habitat :
Mesic Hammock

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Dryopteris ludoviciana
Copyright by: Gil Nelson
Dryopteris ludoviciana
Copyright by: Gil Nelson