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Tectaria fimbriata (Willd.) Proctor & Lourteig
Least halbard fern

Tectaria fimbriata
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Family: Tectariaceae

Group: Pteridophyte

Substrate: Lithophyte

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: South Florida, the West Indies and Mexico (Yucatan peninsula).

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

NatureServe Global Status: Apparently Secure

State of Florida Status: Endangered

Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status: Imperiled

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Imperiled

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

Other data on Tectaria fimbriata available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Tectaria fimbriata has been found in the following 15 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Big and Little George Hammocks Present Native
Bill Sadowski Park Present Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer Present Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer Addition Present Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 31 Present Native
Castellow Hammock Park Present Native
Deering Estate at Cutler Present Native
Everglades National Park Present Native
Fuchs Hammock Preserve Present Native
Hattie Bauer Hammock Present Native
Matheson Hammock Park Present Native
Meissner Hammock Present Native
Silver Palm Groves Present Native
Silver Palm Hammock Present Native
Zoo Miami Present Native

Tectaria fimbriata has been found in the following 2 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Miami-Dade County Native
Monroe County (Mainland) Recorded as Present in Error

Tectaria fimbriata has been found in the following 2 habitats :
Rockland Hammock
Sinkhole

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Tectaria fimbriata
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Tectaria fimbriata
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Tectaria fimbriata
Copyright by: Mike Rosenthal
Tectaria fimbriata
Copyright by: Don & Joyce Gann