Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	Small herbaceous fern relative.
Height:
	About 2-4 inches in height. Spreading and forming small patches broader than tall.
Growth Rate:
	Slow.
Range:
	Southeastern United States west to Oklahoma and Texas and south to Miami-Dade and Collier counties.
Habitats:
	Dry pinelands.
Soils:
	Dry, well-drained sandy soils, without humus.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Low; it grows in nutrient poor soils.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Low; does not tolerate flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
Drought Tolerance:
	High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	N/A.
Flower Characteristics:
	There are no flowers; the plants reproduce by spores.
Flowering Season:
	Fall.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous spores.
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