Copyright by: George D. Gann
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida, 2012
Family: Pteridaceae
Group: Pteridophyte
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Lithophyte
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
The West Indies and
South Florida.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for sinkholes in the northwestern Commonwealth (New Providence, Eleuthera). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 19-21) for sinkholes in coppices in the northwestern and central Commonwealth (regions 8-6).