Nephrolepis exaltata
indigenousNephrolepidaceae

Nephrolepis exaltata

southern sword fern

Nephrolepis exaltata, known as the sword fern or Boston fern, is a species of fern in the family Lomariopsidaceae (sometimes treated in the families Davalliaceae or Oleandraceae, or in its own family, Nephrolepidaceae) native to tropical regions throughout the world. An evergreen perennial herbaceous plant, it can reach as high as 40–90 centimetres (16–35 in), and in extreme cases up to 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in). It is also known as the Boston swordfern, wild Boston fern,...

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Where documented · 105 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 176 · GBIF 148 records
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 40 · GBIF 17
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 18 · GBIF 6
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 11 · GBIF 11
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 12
ʻAiea · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 6
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 9 · GBIF 1
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 8
Makawao · MauiiNat 7 · GBIF 2
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 5
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Kalopā · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 1
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 1
Kaipapaʻu · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Kahakuloa · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Keauohana, Kehena · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
ʻĀpua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Kula · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Mānana · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Pānauinui · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waiau · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
ʻŌhikilolo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waikolu · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Paumalū · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1