Psilotum nudum
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Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
10A 10B 11 8A 8B 9A 9B
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Whisk Fern
Psilotaceae
Plant Specifics
| Size: | to 1.5 ft tall by to 1.5 ft wide | |
| Life Span: | Short-lived perennial | |
| Phenology: | Evergreen | |
| Habitats: | Variable, mesic to dry hammocks. |
Landscaping
| Recommended Uses: | Typically grown as a curiosity in a shade garden or as an epiphyte. Sometimes grown as a container plant. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Light: | Part Shade, Shade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moisture Tolerance: |
always floodedextremely dry |
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| Moisture Tolerance: | Somewhat moist, no flooding ----- to ----- Not wet but not extremely dry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salt Water Flooding Tolerance: | Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salt Spray Tolerance: | Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soil/Substrate: | Epiphytic (growing on trees), Humus (organic, upland) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||