Family: Thelypteridaceae
Group: Pteridophyte
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
The West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba),
South Florida, southern Mexico (Quintana Roo) and Central America (Guatemala).
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for pinelands, coppices, caves and sinkholes in the northwestern Commonwealth (Grand Bahama, Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 48-49) for the wall of banana holes and sinkholes in coppices and pinelands in the northwestern Commonwealth (regions 10-8).
Comments:
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Synonyms:
Dryopteris augescens; Dryopteris patens of Northrop (1902).
