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Gleicheniaceae
Dicranopteris

not marked as a favorite taxon Dicranopteris flexuosa (Schrader) Underwood. Common name: Drooping Forked-fern. Phenology: Jan-Dec. Habitat: Wet pine flatwoods, moist disturbed areas, ditch banks; apparently a native waif or adventive in our area, individual occurrences often not persisting for long. Distribution: FL Panhandle (Bay and Franklin counties) and FL peninsula, s. AL (Mon Louis Island, Mobile County); West Indies; s. Mexico (CHP, OAX, TAB, VER), Central America, and South America. The AL occurrences were discussed by Keener et al. (2024).

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl, FNA2, K4, Meso1, Mex, NS, POWO, Sf, WH3; Mertensia flexuosa Schrad. Basionym: Mertensia flexuosa Schrad. 1824

Links to other floras: = Dicranopteris flexuosa - FNA2

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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image #1 of Dicranopteris flexuosa© Alan Cressler: Dicranopteris flexuosa, Deep Creek Preserve, Volusia County, Florida 3 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Dicranopteris flexuosa© Alan Cressler: Dicranopteris flexuosa, Deep Creek Preserve, Volusia County, Florida 6 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Dicranopteris flexuosa© Alan Cressler: Dicranopteris flexuosa, Deep Creek Preserve, Volusia County, Florida 4 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Dicranopteris flexuosa© Alan Cressler: Dicranopteris flexuosa, Deep Creek Preserve, Volusia County, Florida 5 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷

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