naturalizedPteridaceae
Pteris vittata
Ladder brake
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Pteris vittata, commonly known variously as the Chinese brake, Chinese ladder brake, or simply ladder brake, is a fern species in the Pteridoideae subfamily of the Pteridaceae. It is indigenous to Asia, southern Europe, tropical Africa and Australia. The type specimen was collected in China by Pehr Osbeck.
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Seasonality
Only 0 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
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Where documented · 85 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 198 · GBIF 211 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 37 · GBIF 51 ✓
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 25 · GBIF 8 ✓
Honokōhau 1-3 · HawaiʻiiNat 13 · GBIF 11 ✓
Kealakekua, Kīloa 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 10 · GBIF 7 ✓
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 8 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 10 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 5 · GBIF 5 ✓
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 5 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 6 ✓
Niumalu · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Nāpili 2-3 · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keauhou 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keʻekeʻe 1-2, Kanakau · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hōlualoa 1-2 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Paumalū · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Punahoa 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Paeahu · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalulu · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kēōkea · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keʻei 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puaʻa 2-3, Waiʻaha 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mākaha · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
North Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikele · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanapēpē · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻawaloa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaumalumalu, Pāhoehoe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Makaua 2 · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Weliweli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Lanihau 1-2, Moeauo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
South Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahana · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikapū · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimano · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puʻuanahulu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Anapuka, Hoʻopūloa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻAiea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kamoku · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Nāwiliwili · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalāheo · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paunau · MauiGBIF 2
Waimānalo · OʻahuGBIF 2
Kapaka · OʻahuGBIF 2
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Keauhou · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Waiau · OʻahuiNat 1
Kapoho · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kalaupapa · MolokaʻiiNat 1
Waimalu · OʻahuiNat 1
Kaloko · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kula · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 1
Hōʻaeʻae · OʻahuiNat 1
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 1
Pohoiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Hamanamana · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiGBIF 1
ʻOʻoma 1 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waiawa · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kamaʻole · MauiGBIF 1
Kawaipapa · MauiGBIF 1
Kalopā · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Nāpili 4-5 · MauiGBIF 1
Kīlauea · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kawailoa · OʻahuGBIF 1
Honokōwai · MauiGBIF 1
Kahaluʻu · OʻahuGBIF 1
Honokeana · MauiGBIF 1