Family: Thelypteridaceae
Group: Pteridophyte
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Lithophyte
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
The West Indies (Bahamas, Greater Antilles), peninsular Florida, southern Mexico and Central America.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for caves and sinkholes in coppices in the northwestern and central Commonwealth (Abaco, Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera, Cat Island). Reported by Correll & Corell (1982: 52) for the walls of sinkholes and banana holes in coppices in the northwestern and central Commonwealth (regions 10-6, 4).
Comments:
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Synonyms:
Dryopteris reptans.
