| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennstaedtiaceae | Pteridium caudatum | Lacy Bracken, Tropical Bracken, Tailed Bracken | Hammocks, pine flatwoods, Florida scrub. | FL peninsula (north to Citrus and St. Johns counties); West Indies; Mexico, Central America, and South America. |  |
| Dennstaedtiaceae | Pteridium latiusculum | Eastern Bracken | Mainly in dry woodlands, forests, and heath balds, up to 1600 m in elevation. | NL (Newfoundland) west to MB, south to Panhandle FL, TX, and n. Mexico. |  |
| Dennstaedtiaceae | Pteridium pseudocaudatum | Southern Bracken | Mainly in dry sandy or rocky woodlands, often locally abundant in longleaf pine sandhills and pine flatwoods. | The "pseudocaudatum entity" is primarily distributed in the Southeastern Coastal Plain (where it is ubiquitous and abundant), but is reported north to MA, OH, IN, IL, s. MI, and MO. |  |
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