FNPS Plant Database

Psilotum nudum

whisk fern

PHOTOS COMING SOON!

Nomenclature

Common Name:

whisk fern

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Psilotum nudum

Family:

Psilotaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

fern

Size:

to 1.5 ft tall by to 1.5 ft wide

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

NA

Fruit Color:

NA

Phenology:

evergreen

Noted For:

Interesting Foliage

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Typically grown as a curiosity in a shade garden or as an epiphyte. Sometimes grown as a container plant.

Considerations:

Availability:

Specialty Provider, Seed

Propagation:

Spores.

Light:

Part Sun, Shade

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

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Somewhat moist, no flooding ---to--- Not wet but not extremely dry

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand, Lime Rock, Epiphytic

Soil pH:

Suitable to Grow In:

8A,8B,9A,9B,10A,10B,11

USDA zones are based on the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature.



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Ecology

Wildlife:

Native Habitats:

Variable, mesic to dry hammocks.

Natural Range in Florida:

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

General Comments:

This is a primitive plant that produces spores.

Citations:

Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021. Atlas of Florida Plants (http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/). Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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