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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Pteris x delchampsii W.H. Wagner & C.E. Nauman
Delchamps' brake

Family: Pteridaceae

Group: Pteridophyte

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: There is no native range.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

Comments: This is a hybrid between the native P. bahamensis and the exotic P. vittata.

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Assumed to be Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

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 1913. This hybrid between the native P. bahamensis and the exotic P. vittata is assumed to be sparingly naturalized in the lower Keys. A specimen at USF needs to be examined.

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