Dryopteridaceae
Florida lacefern
Ctenitis sloanei
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae
- Genus
- Ctenitis
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Florida lacefern
Synonyms
- Aspidium amplum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Mett.
- Aspidium catocarpum Kunze
- Aspidium culcita Christ
- Aspidium furcatum Klotzsch
- Aspidium nemophilum Kunze
- Ctenitis ampla (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Ching
- Ctenitis catocarpa (Kunze) C.V.Morton
- Ctenitis nemophila (Kunze) Ching
- Dryopteris ampla Kuntze
- Dryopteris catocarpa (Kunze) Kuntze
- Dryopteris culcita C.Chr.
- Dryopteris furcata Kuntze
- Dryopteris nemophila (Kunze) C.Chr.
- Filix ampla Farw.
- Lastrea ampla T.Moore
- Lastrea furcata (Klotzsch) T.Moore
- Lastrea nemophila T.Moore
- Nephrodium amplum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Baker
- Nephrodium catocarpum Hook.
- Nephrodium furcatum (Klotzsch) Hook.
- Nephrodium paleaceum (Hook.f.) Diels
- Phegopteris ampla Fée
- Phegopteris lachnopodia (J.Sm.) J.Sm.
- Phegopteris sloanei (Poepp. ex Spreng.) Fée
- Polypodium amplum Willd.
- Polypodium lachnopodium J.Sm.
- Polypodium paleaceum Hook.f.
- Polypodium sloanei Poepp. ex Spreng.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jade Fortnash, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Josiah Londerée, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alison Copeland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jade Fortnash, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alison Copeland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: carbenoid, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jade Fortnash, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alison Copeland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.