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Thelypteris sancta (L.) Ching
Caribbean maiden fern

Thelypteris sancta
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Family: Thelypteridaceae

Group: Pteridophyte

Substrate: Lithophyte

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: South Florida, Greater Antilles, southern Mexico and Central America.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Critically Imperiled

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

South Florida History and Distribution: Not listed in Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann et al. 2002). Discovered in 2006 by IRC botanists Keith Bradley and Eric Fleites at Navy Wells Pineland #23 in Miami-Dade County, where still extant.

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

Other data on Thelypteris sancta available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Thelypteris sancta has been found in the following conservation area :
Occurrence Native Status
Navy Wells Pineland 23 Present Native


Thelypteris sancta has been found in the following habitat :
Rockland Hammock

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Thelypteris sancta
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Thelypteris sancta
Copyright by: Mike Rosenthal
Thelypteris sancta
Copyright by: Mike Rosenthal