Family: Pteridaceae
Group: Pteridophyte
Substrate:
Lithophyte
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: North America, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Old World in both temperate and tropical regions.
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: This is known in South Florida only from cultivation and from a few historic reports and recent collections, but our area is well within the native range of the species. It readily recruits on moist limestone rocks from cultivated plants, but does not appear to be a permanent part of the South Florida landscape. In South Florida and parts of the Florida peninsula, the tropical species
Adiantum tenerum is the typical species encountered in habitat.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: Visit our
Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information. For more images and information, visit the
Hardy Fern Library website or click on the USDA PLANTS and Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants links below.
