Family: Aspleniaceae
Group: Pteridophyte
Substrate:
Lithophyte
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Peninsular Florida, the West Indies, southern Mexico, Central America and nothern South America. Historically known in the continental US only from South Florida, this was collected in 2008 by John Kunzer in Volusia County (
2268 USF).
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
NatureServe Global Status:
Secure
State of Florida Status:
Endangered
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
S1S2
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Critically Imperiled
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as imperiled in Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann et al. 2002), this was reranked as critically imperiled using updated NatureServe criteria in 2025.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: See also Florida Natural Areas Inventory's
Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000). Visit our
Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below for more images.
Synonyms: A. trichomanes-dentatum.
