This large fern is found in brackish and freshwater marshes mostly near the coast, throughout peninsular Florida 1. A concentrated tea made from this plant is used by Seminoles as a treatment for fever 2.
1. Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville. p. 42.
2. Austin, D. 2004. Florida Ethnobotany. CRC Press, Boca Raton. p. 64
