Didymoglossum membranaceum (Linnaeus) Vareschi. Common name: Scale-edged Bristle-fern. Habitat: Terrestrial in acid humus. Distribution: Known in North America only from a 1929 collection from Harrison County, MS; West Indies; s. Mexico south through Central America to c. South America.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, Ebihara et al (2006); = Trichomanes membranaceum L. — FNA2, Meso1, Mex, NS, POWO, Wessels Boer (1962). Basionym: Trichomanes membranaceum L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Trichomanes membranaceum - FNA2
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (name change)
Heliophily ⓘ: 1
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