Family: Polypodiaceae
Group: Pteridophyte
Substrate:
Epiphyte
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Central and eastern United States, Mexico and Central America. Also reported for the West Indies and northern South America (e.g. Davidse et al. 1995), but perhaps not present there.
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:
Polypodium polypodioides var. michauxiana; P. polypodioides, misapplied.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Present
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Native
IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status:
Critically Imperiled
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
Florida Keys History and Distribution: Reported in 1931 by John Kunkel Small for hammocks in the Florida Keys. We consider this native and extant in the upper Keys and reported for the lower Keys. An herbarium voucher for the Monroe County Keys was recently collected by George Wilder and colleagues at Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park (33622 SWF).
