Family: Polypodiaceae
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Group: Pteridophyte
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Substrate:
					
                                    Epiphyte
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Habit:
					
                                    Herb
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Perennation:
					
                                   Perennial
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Native Range: South Florida, the West Indies, Central America and South America.
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                     
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
                                    
                                    
                                    NatureServe Global Status:
					
                                    Apparently Secure
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
State of Florida Status:
					
                                    Endangered
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
					
                                    Critically Imperiled
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
									
                                    Critically Imperiled
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
				  
                                    Present
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
					
                                    Native
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as critically imperiled in Rare Plants of South Florida (
Gann et al. 2002; pp 225-227) based on one extant occurrence in Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park of Collier County where it is still present. It was also recorded in 2009 by Keith Bradley via 
iNaturalistin the northeastern Big Cypress National Preserve or nearby vicinity.
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
					
                                    Cultivated
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Comments: See also Florida Natural Areas Inventory's 
 Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000).