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Plant Habit: Fern
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Moderately alkaline (7.9 – 8.4)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9a -6.7 °C (20 °F) to -3.9 °C (25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 18-24 inches
Plant Spread: 18-24 inches
Uses: Groundcover
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
Conservation status: Near Threatened (NT)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Near Threatened
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Common names
  • Broad Halberd Fern

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Location: December, 2023
Location: 'Fairchild gardens', Miami, FL
Date: 2013-12
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Comments:
  • Posted by skylark (JC NJ/So FL - Zone 7b) on Aug 17, 2014 10:39 AM concerning plant:
    Rare native Florida fern, found mostly in south Florida Miami-Dade county. Grows on limestone rock walls of sinkholes in tropical hardwood hammocks.
    Native to Puerto-Rico, Mexico (Oaxaca), Latin America (Columbia, Venezuela), etc.
    Reintroduced by Fairchild Gardens in the old "Orchid Jungle" preserve in Homestead, FL
    http://www.fairchildgarden.org...
    Not to be confused with invasive incised halberd fern (Tectaria incisa).
    http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/nod...

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