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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Acrostichum danaeifolium Langsd. & Fisch.
Giant leather fern

Acrostichum danaeifolium
Copyright by: George D. Gann

Family: Pteridaceae

Group: Pteridophyte

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Peninsular Florida, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Secure

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: Visit our Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images. Reported by John Kunkel Small in 1918 for Royal Palm Hammock.

Synonyms: A. excelsum.

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Native

IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status: Rare

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: First collected between 1838 and 1853 by John Loomis Blodgett on Big Pine Key. Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1931. We consider this native and extant throughout the Florida Keys.

Other data on Acrostichum danaeifolium available from :


Acrostichum danaeifolium has been reported from the following 13 conservation areas in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Bahia Honda State Park Present Native
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section Present Native
Blue Heron Hammock, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
Curry Hammock State Park Present Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park Present Native
Dry Tortugas National Park Present Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Present Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park Present Native
Little Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
Long Key State Park Present Native
National Key Deer Refuge Present Native
Spoonbill Sound Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park Present Native




Acrostichum danaeifolium has been reported for the following 6 habitats in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Coastal Interdunal Swale
Disturbed Wetland
Freshwater Tidal Swamp
Mangrove swamp
Salt Marsh
Sinkhole


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Acrostichum danaeifolium
Copyright by: George D. Gann

Acrostichum danaeifolium
Copyright by: George D. Gann

Acrostichum danaeifolium
Copyright by: George D. Gann

Acrostichum danaeifolium
Copyright by: George D. Gann

Acrostichum danaeifolium
Copyright by: George D. Gann

Acrostichum danaeifolium
Copyright by: Shirley Denton

Acrostichum danaeifolium
Copyright by: Shirley Denton