Florida fern may be listed as endangered species

VERO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Federal wildlife officials have proposed listing a small fern found only in two Florida counties as an endangered species.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed Wednesday to add the Florida bristle fern to the endangered species list. The fern is only found in Miami-Dade and Sumter counties in moist, shady areas of exposed limestone. It lacks roots and looks like mosses and liverworts.