This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2016 National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.3 (Lichvar, R.W., D.L. Banks, W.N. Kirchner, and N.C. Melvin. 2016. The National Wetland Plant List: 2016 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2016-30: 1-17. Published 28 April 2016. ISSN 2153 733X). Regions: AGCP-Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, AK-Alaska, AW-Arid West, CB-Caribbean, EMP-Eastern Mountains and Piedmont, GP-Great Plains, HI-Hawaii, MW-Midwest, NCNE-Northcentral and Northeast, WMCV-Western Mountains, Valleys & CoastWEAKLEY FLORA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Acrostichum danaeifolium
COMMON NAME: Giant Leather Fern
SYNONYMY: [= FNA, K, WH3; = A. danaeaefolium - S, orthographic variant]
PHENOLOGY:
HABITAT: Freshwater and brackish swamps and marshes.
COMMENTS: N. peninsular FL (Dixie County) south to s. FL; West Indies; Mexico, Central America and South America.
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ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora) Pteridaceae E.D.M. Kirchner 1831 (Maidenhair Fern Family) SUMMARY: A family of about 40 genera and about 1000 species. Here circumscribed to include Vittariaceae (see Smith et al. 2006). This family may be further subdivided, into families Adiantaceae (Adiantum, Vittaria), Sinopteridaceae (Myriopteris, Notholaena, Astrolepis, Pellaea), Cryptogrammaceae (Cryptogramma), Pteridaceae (Pteris), and Parkeriaceae (Acrostichum, Ceratopteris). REFERENCE: Grusz & Windham (2013); Lellinger (1985); Windham in FNA (1993b); Tryon, Tryon, & Kramer in Kramer & Green (1990); Kramer in Kramer & Green (1990); Crane (1997). {add for FL: Acrostichum aureum, Adiantum melanoleucum, Adiantum villosum, Pityrogramma trifoliata, Pteris bahamensis, Pteris grandifolia, Pteris plumula}ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora) Acrostichum Linnaeus 1753 (Leather Fern) SUMMARY: A genus of 3 species, pantropical. REFERENCE: Lloyd in FNA (1993b).HERBARIUM RESOURCES SERNEC: Find Acrostichum danaeifolium in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available) UNC SERNEC: Find Acrostichum danaeifolium in
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available) WEB RESOURCES USDA: Find Acrostichum danaeifolium in USDA Plants NPIN: Find Acrostichum danaeifolium in NPIN Database FNA: Find Acrostichum danaeifolium in the Flora of North America (if available) Google: Search Google for Acrostichum danaeifolium NCBG RECORD
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