| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nephrolepidaceae | Nephrolepidaceae | Sword Fern Family |  (c) Bradley, Keith | ||
| Nephrolepidaceae | Nephrolepis | Sword Fern | (c) Bradley, Keith | ||
| Nephrolepidaceae | Nephrolepis ×averyi | Avery’s Sword Fern | Mesic hammocks, rockland hammocks, strand swamps, disturbed uplands. | S. and c. peninsular Florida; 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. |  (c) Cressler, Alan M. |
| Nephrolepidaceae | Nephrolepis brownii | Asian Sword Fern | Open, disturbed areas. | Native of Old World tropics and subtropics. |  (c) Doby, Joshua - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| 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). | Native of se. and s. Asia. |  (c) Bradley, Keith |
| 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. Florida south to s. Florida; West Indies; Central and South America; widely introduced elsewhere. Marginally present in Georgia (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. |  (c) Martin, Alina - CC-BY |
| Nephrolepidaceae | Nephrolepis hirsutula | Scaly Sword Fern | Rockland hammocks, disturbed uplands. | Native of tropical Asia and Australia. |  (c) Bradley, Keith |
| Nephrolepidaceae | Nephrolepis hybrid 1 | Boston Fern | Persistent and spreading asexually from horticultural use; of horticultural origin. | Scattered in the warmer parts of our region. |