9 results for family: Nephrolepidaceae.
Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
Nephrolepidaceae | Nephrolepidaceae | Sword Fern Family | | |
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Nephrolepidaceae | Nephrolepis | Sword Fern | | |
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Nephrolepidaceae | Nephrolepis ×averyi | Avery’s Sword Fern | Mesic hammocks, rockland hammocks, strand swamps, disturbed uplands. | S. and c. peninsular FL; West Indies (Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico); Mexico. | |
Nephrolepidaceae | Nephrolepis biserrata | Giant Sword Fern | Dome swamps, strand swamps, wet hammocks, rockland hammocks, disturbed suburban areas. | Native of the tropics and subtropics of both hemispheres. |
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Nephrolepidaceae | Nephrolepis brownii | Asian Sword Fern | Open, disturbed areas. | Native of Old World tropics and subtropics. |
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Nephrolepidaceae | Nephrolepis cordifolia var. cordifolia | Narrow Sword Fern | Swamps and hammocks, disturbed moist and wet areas; probably not native in FL (or other states of the Southeastern US). | Pantropical, the original distribution obscure. |
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Nephrolepidaceae | Nephrolepis exaltata ssp. exaltata | Wild Sword Fern, Wild Boston Fern | Epiphytic or terrestrial in a range of open to shaded moist habitats. | Panhandle and ne. FL south to s. FL; West Indies; Central and South America; widely introduced elsewhere. Marginally present in GA (Jekyll island, Glynn County, Max Medley, pers.comm. 2022), where it seemed to have been in place for several years but then died; not likely to become established, but included because it is likely to be observed occasionally where it appears to be naturalized, or at least stably persistent. |
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Nephrolepidaceae | Nephrolepis hirsutula | Scaly Sword Fern | Rockland hammocks, disturbed uplands. | Native of tropical Asia and Australia. |
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Nephrolepidaceae | Nephrolepis hybrid 1 | Boston Fern | Persistent and spreading asexually from horticultural use; of horticultural origin. | | |