Acrostichum danaeifolium Langsdorff & Fischer. Common name: Giant Leather Fern. Phenology: Jan-Dec. Habitat: Freshwater and brackish swamps and marshes. Distribution: N. peninsular FL (Dixie County) south to s. FL; West Indies; Mexico, Central America and South America.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, Fl1, FNA2, K4, Meso1, NS, POWO, WH3, (basionym); = Acrostichum danaeaefolium Langsd. & Fisch. — Sf, SFla, orthographic variant; ? Acrostichum excelsum Maxon — S13
Links to other floras: = Acrostichum danaeifolium - FNA2
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 5
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