Nephrolepis brownii
A tough, weedy sword fern (formerly N. multiflora) native from India and Sri Lanka through South-east Asia to southern China, Japan, Australia and the Pacific. It grows up to about 90 cm tall and spreads by runners in forests and open, disturbed ground. It is invasive in Florida and spreading in tropical America, so grow it contained and never plant it out in warm climates.
Where it grows wild
Usually terrestrial, sometimes epiphytic, in forests and in open vegetation such as roadsides, riverbanks and open thickets, and it is often weedy. It forms dense tufts, and its runners often put down stilt-like supports under upright rhizomes.
Low to middle elevations, sea level to about 1700 m, and up to 2000 m in some regions. No wild records were usable for measuring.
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