Vittaria lineata, also known by its common name shoestring fern is a species of fern from the genus Vittaria. It grows epiphytically in wet, new-world tropics and subtropics as far north as Florida.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Shoestring Fern being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Order
- Polypodiales
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Genus
- Vittaria
- Species
- Vittaria lineata
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