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).
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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© Alan Cressler: Dicranopteris flexuosa, Deep Creek Preserve, Volusia County, Florida 3 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Dicranopteris flexuosa, Deep Creek Preserve, Volusia County, Florida 6 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Dicranopteris flexuosa, Deep Creek Preserve, Volusia County, Florida 4 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Dicranopteris flexuosa, Deep Creek Preserve, Volusia County, Florida 5 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷Feedback
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