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Browse pictures and read growth / cultivation information about Giant Leather Fern, Giant Fern, Inland Leather Fern (Acrostichum danaeifolium) supplied by member gardeners in the PlantFiles databas... ... The Giant Leather Fern is native to the freshwater marshes, swamps, and swampy hammocks and wet, marshy prairies from...
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This native fern of the lower Florida coastlines is distinguished from the more common Giant Leather Fern by the fertile pinnae located on the upper fronds only. It often has short spines on the lower rachis.
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The giant leather fern is a native of Florida, frequently found in brackish and freshwater marshes of the central and southern peninsula (Wunderlin, 1998). Florida is the only state that Acrostichum is found in, but it also occurs in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (Kartesz, 1999).
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plants.ifas.ufl.edu/node/27
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Photo of the Giant Leather Fern, Acrostichum danaeifolium ... Flora: Giant Leather Fern; Giant Leather Fern; Acrostichum danaeifolium; Very large fern, with fronds up to 5 meters long. Found in peninsular Florida, most common southward. The undersides of fertile fronds seem a mass of sori.
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www.eco-usa.net/flora/gtlthrfn.shtml
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Sometimes Giant Leather Ferns, ACROSTICHUM DANAEFOLIUM, emerge from the soggy grassland. Taking in their effect, one might say "emerge like a Viking on a beach." In fern terms, these are huge, coarse-looking things giving the impression of having been rooted exactly where they ... Giant Leather Fern, Acrostichum danaefolium...
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www.backyardnature.net/yucatan/acrostic.htm
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Potentially Misidentified Species: A related species, the giant leather fern, Acrostichum danaefolium, is similar in appearance, but grows larger, with fronds generally 2m (6.6 feet) or more in length and pinnae set closer together.
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www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/Acrost_aureu.htm
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A related species, the giant leather fern, Acrostichum danaefolium, is similar in appearance, but grows larger, with fronds generally 6.6 feet or more in length and leaflets set closer together. A more definitive characteristic is the location of reproductives leaves on the plant.
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www.sms.si.edu/irlfieldguide/Acrost_aureum.htm
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A water lover, the Giant Leather Fern is frequently found in brackish and freshwater marshes throughout the peninsula of Florida. It grows to a height of 1.2-1.8 m. (4- 6 ft.), preferring to be in partial shade. The arching fronds grow in large clumps, becoming erect in the center of the clump.
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www.ffgc.org/horticulture/native/giantleatherfern.html
www.ffgc.org/horticulture/native/giantleatherfern.html
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Dense tropical broad-leaved evergreen lowland swamp thicket dominated by the giant leather fern (Acrostichum aureum) ... Dense tropical broad-leaved evergreen lowland swamp thicket dominated by the giant leather fern (Acrostichum aureum). Photo taken at sample point 291 at the locality of Caballo Estuary in the area of...
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www.inbio.ac.cr/ecomapas/acosaing/ubi_natural10.htm
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