Southern Sword Fern
Nephrolepis exaltata
Native to Florida
Where it grows in Florida
- Panhandle
- Leon
- North
- Alachua, Marion
- Central
- Brevard, Citrus, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Indian River, Manatee, Okeechobee, Orange, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, St. Lucie, Sarasota, Seminole
- South
- Broward, Charlotte, Collier, Hendry, Lee, Martin, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach
- Keys
- Monroe
27 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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