Family: Aspleniaceae
Group: Pteridophyte
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Central and eastern North America and southern Africa.
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Possibly Extirpated or Extinct in the Wild
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Possibly Extirpated
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as possibly extirpated in Rare Plants of South Florida (
Gann et al. 2002, pp 123-124) based on records from 1976 to the late 1980s from two sites in Everglades National Park. No new records are known.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Not Cultivated
Comments: For more images, click on the USDA PLANTS and Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants links below.
See also, IRC’s report
Vascular plant species of management concern in Everglades National Park (Gann 2015), page 58.
