Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2006
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida
Family: Polypodiaceae
Group: Pteridophyte
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Epiphyte
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
The West Indies, peninsular Florida, Mexico, Central America and South America.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Not listed in Britton & Millspaugh (1920). Reported in Correll & Correll (1982: 37) as rare in thin soil on boulders and at the base of trees in shady, moist coppices in the northwestern Commonwealth (regions 10-9).
Synonyms:
Polypodium plumula.
