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Pteris ensiformis

COMMON NAME

Silver lace fern, sword brake fern, or slender brake fern

TYPE

Fern

FAMILY

Pteridaceae

NOTES

Silvery-white foliage and bright venation that takes up much of the frond, leaving just a thin green edge. Thin dark stalks on shallow creeping rhizomes. 

GEOGRAPHIC REGION

Asia and the Pacific

NATIVE HABITAT

Tropical rain forest environments

WEB SOURCES

wikipedia.org

tropical.theferns.info

nparks.gov.sg



Pteris ensiformis