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Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Nephrolepis cordifolia
FAMILY
Nephrolepidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nephrolepis cordifolia
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Nephrolepis cordifolia
COMMON NAME:
Narrow Sword Fern, Tuber Sword Fern, Fishbone Fern, Ladder Fern
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Keith Bradley kab_n_cordifolia_74063
May Miami-Dade County FL
Pinnae attached 5-12mm apart, auricled at base on the side toward the leaf tip, per Weakley's Flora.
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Keith Bradley kab_n_cordifolia_74074
May Miami-Dade County FL
Bicolored scales on rachis upper surface (pale but distinctly darker at base), per Weakley's Flora.
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Keith Bradley kab_n_cordifolia_74085
May Miami-Dade County FL
Sori numerous at ends of veinlets between leaflet midvein and margin, per Identification and Biology of Non-native Plants in Florida's Natural Areas.