Family: Thelypteridaceae
Group: Pteridophyte
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
The West Indies, southeastern United States, Mexico, Central America and northern South America.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for pinelands, coppices, sinkholes and marshes nearly throughout the Archipelago (Abaco, Andros, New Providence, Lignum Vitae Cay, Rose Island, Eleuthera, Cat Island, Acklin's Island, Watling's Island, Great Guana Cay, Great Exuma, North Caicos). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 50-51, with illustrations) as rather frequent on the walls of banana holes, sinkholes and in rocky soil nearly throughout the Archipelago (regions 10-3, 1).
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 horticultural information about this species in South Florida.
Synonyms:
Dryopteris normalis;
Dryopteris patens of Northrop (1902), not Sw.
