Family: Aspleniaceae
Group: Pteridophyte
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Lithophyte
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
The West Indies,
South Florida, southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for a cave on New Providence. Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 21-24, with illustrations) for walls of banana holes and sinkholes in the northwestern and central Commonwealth (regions 10-4).
Comments:
Also visit IRC's
Natives For Your Neighborhood website for information on use in landscaping and ecological restoration in South Florida.
