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Psilotum nudum (L.) P. Beauv.
Whisk-fern

Copyright by: George D. Gann

Family: Psilotaceae

Group: Pteridophyte

Substrate: Epiphyte

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southern United States, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America, South America and the Old World.

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.

Other data on Psilotum nudum available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Psilotum nudum has been found in the following 123 conservation areas :
A.D. Doug Barnes Park	Present	Native
Alice C. Wainwright Park	Present	Native
Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Babcock Ranch Preserve	Present	Native
Big and Little George Hammocks	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
Bonair Beach Parcel, Martin County	Present	Native
Boystown Pineland	Present	Native
Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve	Present	Native
Caloosahatchee Regional Park	Present	Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 28	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 33	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock Park	Present	Native
Cayo Costa State Park	Present	Native
Cedar Point Environmental Park	Present	Native
Chernoff Hammock	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
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Native
Delray Beach, Lake Ida parcel	Present	Native
Delray Oaks Natural Area	Present	Native
Doris Davis Forman Wilderness Preserve Natural Area	Present	Native
Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Dupuis Reserve	Present	Native
Eachus Pineland	Present	Native
Enchanted Forest 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
Florida City Pineland	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
Fuchs Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
Girl Scouts South Miami Little House	Present	Native
Gold Coast Railroad Museum	Present	Native
Gomez	Present	Native
Grassy Waters Preserve	Present	Native
Greynolds Park	Present	Native
Halpatiokee Regional Park	Present	Native
Harden Hammock	Present	Native
Hattie Bauer Hammock	Present	Native
Highlands Scrub Natural Area	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
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	Present	Native
Kendalwood	Present	Native
LaBelle Nature Park	Present	Native
Larry and Penny Thompson Park	Present	Native
Loveland Hammock	Present	Native
Loxahatchee River-Lake Worth Creek Aquatic Preserve	Present	Native
Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area	Present	Native
Lucille Hammock	Present	Native
Ludlam Pineland	Present	Native
Luis Martinez United States Army Reserve Station, Richmond Pine Rocklands	Present	Native
Matheson Hammock Park	Present	Native
Meissner Hammock	Present	Native
Milton E. Thompson Park	Present	Native
National Key Deer Refuge	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Navy Wells Pineland 23	Present	Native
Navy Wells Pineland 39		Native
Navy Wells Pineland Preserve	Present	Native
Nixon Smiley Pineland Addition	Present	Native
Nixon Smiley Pineland Preserve	Present	Native
Northrop Pineland	Present	Native
Oak Grove Park	Present	Native
Ocean Ridge Hammock Park	Present	Native
Okeeheelee Park	Present	Native
Oleta River State Park	Present	Native
Palm Drive Pineland	Present	Native
Peck Lake Park	Present	Native
Picayune Strand State Forest	Present	Native
Pond Apple Slough Natural Area	Present	Native
Prairie Pines Preserve	Present	Native
R. Hardy Matheson Preserve	Present	Native
Rockdale Pineland	Present	Native
Rocky Point Hammock	Present	Native
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	Present	Native
Rosemary Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Savannas Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Seabranch Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Seacrest Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Secret Woods Nature Center	Present	Native
Serenoa Glade Preserve	Present	Native
Sewell Park	Present	Native
Silver Palm Groves	Present	Native
Silver Palm Hammock	Present	Native
Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve	Present	Native
South Beach Park	Present	Native
South Dade Wetlands	Present	Native
Southern Glades	Present	Native
St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Sunny Palms Pineland	Present	Native
Tall Cypress Natural Area	Present	Native
Tamiami Pineland Complex Addition	Present	Native
The Barnacle State Historic Park	Present	Native
Tigertail Beach County Park	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
Whispering Pines Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
Wild Turkey Strand Preserve	Present	Native
Yamato Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Zoo Miami	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated

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