Family: Dryopteridaceae
Group: Pteridophyte
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Southeastern United States.
Map of Florida Locations
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Presumed Extirpated or Extinct in the Wild
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as possibly extirpated in Rare Plants of South Florida (
Gann et al. 2002, pp 140-141) based on a single collection in 1937 from "Deep Lake Hammock", which was likely what is now Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park in Collier County. A report for Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary (Judd 1994) was not verified by Wilder and McColl0 (2018). No new records are known.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
