Family: Polypodiaceae
Group: Pteridophyte
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Epiphyte
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
The West Indies, Mexico, Central America and northern South America. Variety michauxiana is found in the eastern and central United States, Mexico and Central America.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh as an epiphyte on trees, especially in coppices, in the northwestern and southeastern Commonwealth (Abaco, Grand Bahama, Andros, New Providence, Crooked Island). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 37-39, with illustrations) for on rocks and trees in coppices nearly throughout the Commonwealth (regions 10-8, 5, 3).
Comments:
For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the
Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website. Also visit IRC's
Natives For Your Neighborhood website for information on use of the closely related
Pleopeltis polypodioides var.
michauxiana in landscaping and ecological restoration in South Florida.
Synonyms:
Polypodium polypodioides var.
polypodioides.
