General Landscape Uses:
Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Availability:
Grown by enthusiasts.
Description: Small herbaceous fern relative.
Dimensions: 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.
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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.
