Blechnum serrulatum Rich.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Blechnaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Species Description - Leaves erect, tufted, 3-9 dm. high, rather stiff, the plants often forming large colonies. Blades subcoriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, once pinnate, glabrous; petiole stout, shorter than the blade; pinnae numerous, oblong, linear or oblong lanceolate, sessile, mostly close together, obtuse or acute, 3-8 cm. long, the upper ones fertile, all incised-serrulate; veins numerous, delicate, free beyond the sori; sori approximate to the strong midvein, conspicuous; fertile segments narrower than the sterile.
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Distribution
Borders of swamps and lagoons, Andros, New Providence : Florida ; West Indies ; continental tropical America. Marsh Fern.
South Andros Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies|