Japanese Lady Fern

Deparia petersenii

IntroducedInvasive · FISC Category I
Invasive — FISC Category I. The Florida Invasive Species Council lists this plant as altering native plant communities by displacing native species, changing community structures or ecological functions, or hybridizing with natives. Please don't plant it; if it's on your land, consider removing it. About the FISC list
Japanese Lady Fern (Deparia petersenii)
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Where it grows in Florida

Monroe CountyAlachua CountyBaker CountyBay CountyBradford CountyBrevard CountyBroward CountyCalhoun CountyCharlotte CountyCitrus CountyClay CountyCollier CountyColumbia CountyDeSoto CountyDixie CountyDuval CountyEscambia CountyFlagler CountyFranklin CountyGadsden CountyGilchrist CountyGlades CountyGulf CountyHamilton CountyHardee CountyHendry CountyHernando CountyHighlands CountyHillsborough CountyHolmes CountyIndian River CountyJackson CountyJefferson CountyLafayette CountyLake CountyLee CountyLeon CountyLevy CountyLiberty CountyMadison CountyManatee CountyMarion CountyMartin CountyMiami-Dade CountyNassau CountyOkaloosa CountyOkeechobee CountyOrange CountyOsceola CountyPalm Beach CountyPasco CountyPinellas CountyPolk CountyPutnam CountySanta Rosa CountySarasota CountySeminole CountySt. Johns CountySt. Lucie CountySumter CountySuwannee CountyTaylor CountyUnion CountyVolusia CountyWakulla CountyWalton CountyWashington County
PanhandleNorthCentralSouthKeys
Panhandle
Escambia, Gadsden, Leon, Liberty, Santa Rosa, Walton, Washington
North
Alachua, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Madison
Central
Hernando, Hillsborough
South
Miami-Dade

15 of 67 counties, from research-grade iNaturalist observations. They show where people have photographed it, not every place it grows — absence here isn't proof it's absent.

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