Family: Nephrolepidaceae
Group: Pteridophyte
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Southeastern United States (Louisiana, Florida), the West Indies, Mexico, Central America, South America and the Old World.
State of Florida Status:
Threatened
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Rare
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.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Recorded as Present in Error
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1931. Reported only for Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park (Achor 1982 in Weiner 1980 as amended). A misidentification of
N. exaltata,
N. falcata or
N. multiflora.