Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2006
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida
Family: Polypodiaceae
Group: Pteridophyte
Substrate:
Epiphyte
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Peninsular Florida, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.
NatureServe Global Status:
Secure
State of Florida Status:
Endangered
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
Imperiled
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Critically Imperiled
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
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 292-293) based on two occurrences within Everglades National Park, both of which are extant. Although not reported in Rare Plants of South Florida, this was also collected in 2001 by Mike Owen at Koreshan State Historic Site.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: See also, IRC’s report
Vascular plant species of management concern in Everglades National Park (Gann 2015), page 71.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Presumed Extirpated
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Presumed Extirpated
IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status:
Presumed Extirpated
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
Florida Keys History and Distribution: Collected once in 1898 on Key Largo by C.L. Pollard (203, US). Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1931. For more information, see IRC's
species account.
