Copyright by: George D. Gann, 16 March 2015
Portion of frond in habitat, Everglades National Park
Florida, USA
Family: Dennstaedtiaceae
Group: Pteridophyte
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Terrestrial
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:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for pinelands, scrublands and coppices nearly through the Archipelago (Abaco, Grand Bahama, Andros, New Providence, Cat Island, Crooked Island, North Caicos). Reported by Correll and Correll (1982: 39-42, with illustrations) as rather ubiquitous except in dense, shady coppices nearly throughout the Archipelago (regions 10-7, 5, 3, 1).
Comments:
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Synonyms:
Pteridium aquilinum var.
caudatum, Pteris caudata.
