Copyright by: George D. Gann
image from Houghton 1207, FTG
collected in Maricao State Forest, Puerto Rico, 1989
Family: Schizaeaceae
Group: Pteridophyte
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
The West Indies (Bahamas, Greater Antilles), southern Mexico, Central America and South America.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Not listed in Britton & Millspaugh (1920). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 7-9, with illustrations) as a terrestrial in dense, rocky coppices in the northwestern Commonwealth (region 10). Collected on Great Abaco (Popenoe 14, FTG) and Grand Bahama (Correll 50380, FTG).
