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Tectaria fimbriata (Willd.) Proctor & Lourteig
Least halbard fern

Family: Dryopteridaceae

Group: Pteridophyte

Substrate: Lithophyte

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: South Florida, the West Indies and Mexico (Yucatan peninsula).

NatureServe Global Status: Apparently Secure

State of Florida Status: Endangered

FNAI State Status: Imperiled

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Imperiled

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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Tectaria fimbriata
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Other data on Tectaria fimbriata available from :
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Tectaria fimbriata has been found in the following 12 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Bill Sadowski Park Present Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer Present Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 31 Present Native
Castellow Hammock Park Present Native
Deering Estate at Cutler Present Native
Everglades National Park Present Native
Fuchs Hammock Preserve Present Native
Hattie Bauer Hammock Present Native
Meissner Hammock Present Native
Miami Metrozoo Possibly Extirpated Possibly Extirpated
Silver Palm Groves Present Native
Silver Palm Hammock Present Native


Tectaria fimbriata has been found in the following 2 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Miami-Dade County Native
Monroe County (Mainland) Recorded as Present in Error


Tectaria fimbriata has been found in the following 2 habitats :
Rockland Hammock
Sinkhole


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Tectaria fimbriata
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Tectaria fimbriata
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Tectaria fimbriata
Copyright by: Mike Rosenthal
In habitat, Miami-Dade County, Florida
Tectaria fimbriata
Copyright by: Don & Joyce Gann