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Acrostichum danaeifolium
Giant Leather Fern
Inland Leather Fern
Florida native
A large fern of freshwater and brackish marshes, freshwater swamps and sinkholes in hammocks throughout most of peninsular Florida. Also found in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Acrostichum danaeifolium can be distinguished from A. aureum, the other leather fern in Florida, by the overlapping upper pinnae, the stalks of the lower pinnae not exceeding about 2 cm and the fertile fronds having nearly all of the pinnae bearing sori.
Acrostichum danaeifolium is a member of the Pteridaceae - Maidenhair Fern family.
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (Institute for Systemic Botany) profile for this species
USDA Plant Profile for this species
Date record last modified: Aug 07, 2016
