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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Macrothelypteris torresiana (Gaudich.) Ching
Mariana maiden fern (Florida Atlas), Swordfern (PLANTS)

Macrothelypteris torresiana
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Family: Thelypteridaceae

Group: Pteridophyte

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Herb

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

Native Range: Old World tropics; naturalized elsewhere, including the West Indies and southeastern United States.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

History in the Bahamas: Not listed in Britton & Millspaugh (1920). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 28-29, with illustrations) for abandoned dwellings and disturbed areas in the southeastern Commonwealth (region 3); there is a voucher at FTG.

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Other data on Macrothelypteris torresiana available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Macrothelypteris torresiana has been reported for the following habitat in Bahama Archipelago :
Disturbed Upland

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Macrothelypteris torresiana
Copyright by: Connect to Protect Network. A comparison of the vascular bundles between the invasive Mariana maiden fern and the native, endangered Florida tree fern. To view this photo enlarged, click here.