Family: Osmundaceae
Group: Pteridophyte
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
Bermuda, the West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica), North America, Mexico and Central America.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Not listed in Britton & Millspaugh (1920). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 8-11, with illustrations) for marshes and seepage areas in the northwestern Commonwealth (region 10).
Comments:
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