Family: Anemiaceae
Group: Pteridophyte
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Lithophyte
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
The West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba), southern Mexico (
Yucatan Peninsula) and Central America (Guatemala).
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for sinkholes in the northwestern Commonwealth (Abaco, New Providence, Andros). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 7) for moist walls of sinkholes and on rock ledges in open coppices in the northwestern and central Commonwealth (regions 10-8, 6).
