Florida Tree Fern, Red Hair Comb Fern

The Florida Tree Fern is unique that it is the only tree fern native to the continental U.S., besides other species found in Hawaii. It ...Read Moreis found in moist tropical hammocks and hardwood enclosed swamps with high moisture in southern Florida in a few counties. It is listed as endangered by the state of Florida.

MORE FACTS - This fern also derives the name Red-hair Comb Fern from it's reddish-brownish spores on the underside of the leaves from which it reproduces.

Credits to ISB Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants and Aquatic/Wetlands/Invasive Plants Species list by the University of Florida.