Sensitive Fern

Onoclea sensibilis

Native to Florida

At a glance

Family: Onocleaceae
Genus: Onoclea
Status: Native to Florida
Sightings: 79 verified in Florida
Also called: Bead Fern
Formerly: Calypterium sensibile, Angiopteris sensibilis, Onoclea augescens, Onoclea obtusiloba, Pterinodes sensibile, Ragiopteris obtusiloba, Ragiopteris onocleoides, Riedlea sensibilis

About

Onoclea sensibilis, the sensitive fern, also known as the bead fern, is a coarse-textured, medium to large-sized deciduous perennial fern. The name comes from its sensitivity to frost, the fronds dying quickly when first touched by it. It is sometimes treated as the only species in Onoclea, but some authors do not consider the genus monotypic.

Text adapted from the Wikipedia article “Onoclea sensibilis”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it grows in Florida

Panhandle North CentralSouthKeys

Panhandle: Escambia, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton
North: Clay, Madison, St. Johns
Central: Polk

14 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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