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Shoestring fern

Vittaria lineata

Also called Shoelace Fern

Shoestring fern
Photo: keesgroenendijk, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Pteridaceae (Maidenhair fern family)
Grows as
Fern, Epiphyte
Native range
Trop. & Subtrop. America
Climate
wet tropical

About

Vittaria lineata, also known by its common name shoestring fern is a species of fern from the genus Vittaria. It grows epiphytically in wet, new-world tropics and subtropics as far north as Florida.

Other Vittaria plants

Appalachian shoestring fern · Vittaria longipes · Shoestring fern

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vittaria lineata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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