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§1 Plant

Dicranopteris flexuosa (Schrad.) Underw.

vernacular drooping forkedfern — species · Gleicheniaceae

USDA
DIFL2
GBIF
5275374
Rank
species
drooping forkedfern (Dicranopteris flexuosa)
Platephotograph · Wildlife TravelCC BY-NC-ND source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Vine
Duration
Perennial
Group
Fern
Family
Gleicheniaceae C. Presl
Genus
Dicranopteris
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • PR Puerto Rico Native
§2b

County-level range

· 8 counties across 2 states/territories
Legend Native · 8 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 8 counties across 2 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 7 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/DIFL2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5275374 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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