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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Osmunda regalis L. var. spectabilis
(Willd.) A. Gray
Royal fern

Osmunda regalis
Copyright by: George D. Gann

Family: Osmundaceae

Group: Pteridophyte

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Herb

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Native Range: Bermuda, the West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica), North America, Mexico and Central America.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

History in the Bahamas: Not listed in Britton & Millspaugh (1920). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 8-11, with illustrations) for marshes and seepage areas in the northwestern Commonwealth (region 10).

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Other data on Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis has been reported for the following habitat in Bahama Archipelago :
Freshwater Marsh

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Osmunda regalis
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Osmunda regalis
Copyright by: Susan Trammell
Osmunda regalis
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Osmunda regalis
Copyright by: Susan Lerner, cultivated at Pan's Garden, Town of Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
Osmunda regalis
Copyright by: Susan Lerner, cultivated at Pan's Garden, Town of Palm Beach, Florida, USA.