Family: Tectariaceae
Group: Pteridophyte
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Lithophyte
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
The West Indies, southeastern United States (Florida, Texas), Mexico, Central America and South America.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh coppices on New Providence. Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 44, 46) for walls of sinkholes in the dense shade of coppices in the northwestern and central Commonwealth (regions 10, 8, 6).
Comments:
Also visit IRC's
Natives For Your Neighborhood website for information on use in landscaping and ecological restoration in South Florida.
