Index / Search / Thelypteris kunthii
§1 Plant
Thelypteris kunthii (Desv.) Morton
vernacular Kunth's maiden fern — species · Thelypteridaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Fern
- Family
- Thelypteridaceae Ching ex Pic. Serm.
- Genus
- Thelypteris
Native status, by region
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
County-level range
· 220 counties across 7 states/territories§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 220 counties across 7 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Bullock 01011
- Butler 01013
- Calhoun 01015
- Choctaw 01023
- Clarke 01025
- Conecuh 01035
- Covington 01039
- Crenshaw 01041
- Dale 01045
- Dallas 01047
- Escambia 01053
- Geneva 01061
- Hale 01065
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Jefferson 01073
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Lowndes 01085
- Mobile 01097
- Monroe 01099
- Montgomery 01101
- Pike 01109
- Shelby 01117
- Sumter 01119
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Washington 01129
- Wilcox 01131
- Winston 01133
Arkansas view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Gilchrist 12041
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Wakulla 12129
Georgia view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Appling 13001
- Baker 13007
- Ben Hill 13017
- Berrien 13019
- Brantley 13025
- Brooks 13027
- Bulloch 13031
- Camden 13039
- Candler 13043
- Chatham 13051
- Cherokee 13057
- Coffee 13069
- Colquitt 13071
- Columbia 13073
- Decatur 13087
- Dooly 13093
- Dougherty 13095
- Early 13099
- Echols 13101
- Glynn 13127
- Grady 13131
- Houston 13153
- Irwin 13155
- Jackson 13157
- Jefferson 13163
- Lanier 13173
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Lowndes 13185
- Macon 13193
- McIntosh 13191
- Mitchell 13205
- Pulaski 13235
- Putnam 13237
- Quitman 13239
- Randolph 13243
- Tattnall 13267
- Terrell 13273
- Thomas 13275
- Tift 13277
- Toombs 13279
- Turner 13287
- Ware 13299
- Washington 13303
- Worth 13321
Louisiana view state ↗ 62 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Assumption 22007
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 20 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 6 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/THKU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/11842758 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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