Native plant · BLECHNACEAE
Woodwardia areolata
NETTED CHAIN FERN
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Woodwardia areolata. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Woodwardia areolata
- Family
- BLECHNACEAE
- Genus
- Woodwardia
- Order
- POLYPODIALES
- Classification
- Pteridophytes
- Recorded status
- Native; OBL (NWPL); OBL (DEP)
- Florida range
- North Florida · Central Florida · Panhandle · South Florida
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- St. Johns; Nassau; Marion; Seminole; Pinellas; Calhoun; Pasco; DeSoto; Glades; Highlands; Martin; Hillsborough; Flagler; Sumter; Putnam; Hardee; Manatee; Lake; Alachua; Polk; Walton; Citrus; Hamilton; Brevard; Clay; Baker; Union; Gadsden; Volusia; Duval; Okaloosa; Orange; Broward; Sarasota; Palm Beach; Hernando
Where documented in Florida
St. Johns; Nassau; Marion; Seminole; Pinellas; Calhoun; Pasco; DeSoto; Glades; Highlands; Martin; Hillsborough; Flagler; Sumter; Putnam; Hardee; Manatee; Lake; Alachua; Polk; Walton; Citrus; Hamilton; Brevard; Clay; Baker; Union; Gadsden; Volusia; Duval; Okaloosa; Orange; Broward; Sarasota; Palm Beach; Hernando
Historical specimen evidence; current presence and complete county coverage are not confirmed.
Related Florida native plants in Woodwardia
- Woodwardia virginica — VIRGINIA CHAIN FERN
Data provenance
Florida Seed Bank preserves source attribution and separates documented records from interpretation. See the plant data credits for directory sourcing and licensing notes.