General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Fern
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Wet
Wet Mesic
Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Plant Height: 4 to 6 feet or more
Leaves: Evergreen
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Uses: Groundcover
Salad greens
Edible Parts: Leaves
Eating Methods: Raw
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Salt tolerant
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Conservation status: Least Concern (LC)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Least Concern
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Common names
  • Mangrove Fern
  • Golden Leather Fern
  • Coastal Leather Fern
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Acrostichum aureum
  • Synonym: Hemionitis arifolia
  • Synonym: Parahemionitis arifolia

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Location: Galt Preserve -  St. James,  Florida
Location: Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica | Old Photo
Date: 2022-12-24
Location: Lincoln Park Conservatory, Chicago IL
Date: 2016-05
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