Native plant · HYMENOPHYLLACEAE
Trichomanes petersii
DWARF BRISTLE FERN; dwarf filmy fern
Also known as: Didymoglossum petersii
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Trichomanes petersii. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Trichomanes petersii
- Family
- HYMENOPHYLLACEAE
- Genus
- Trichomanes
- Order
- HYMENOPHYLLALES
- Classification
- Pteridophytes
- Recorded status
- Native; FAC (NWPL)
- Recorded synonyms
- Didymoglossum petersii
- Florida range
- Central Florida
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Sumter; Hernando
Where documented in Florida
Sumter; Hernando
Historical specimen evidence; current presence and complete county coverage are not confirmed.
Related Florida native plants in Trichomanes
- Trichomanes holopterum — ENTIRE-WINGED BRISTLE FERN
- Trichomanes krausii — KRAUS' BRISTLE FERN; TREEMOSS BRISTLE FERN
- Trichomanes lineolatum — LINED BRISTLE FERN
- Trichomanes punctatum subsp. floridanum — FLORIDA BRISTLE FERN; dotted bristle fern
Data provenance
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