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Adiantum viridimontanum, commonly known as Green Mountain maidenhair fern, is a fern found only in outcrops of serpentine rock in New England and Eastern Canada. The leaf blade is cut into finger-like segments, themselves once-divided, which are borne on the outer side of a curved, dark, glossy rachis .
Adiantum capillus-veneris, the Southern maidenhair fern, black maidenhair fern, maidenhair fern, [3] and venus hair fern, is a species of ferns in the genus Adiantum and the family Pteridaceae [4] with a subcosmopolitan worldwide distribution. It is cultivated as a popular garden fern and houseplant. [5]
Adiantum bellum (Bermuda maidenhair fern) is a species of fern in the family Pteridaceae, [2] and is native to Bermuda. It is 1 of 19 ferns native to Bermuda, the only native maidenhair, and the most prolific fern on the island. [3] [4] [5] It is found only on Bermuda; however, the IPNI reports it also found in Guiana. [6]
Adiantum (/ ˌ æ d i ˈ æ n t əm /), [1] the maidenhair fern (not to be confused with the similar-looking maidenhair spleenwort fern), is a genus of about 250 species of ferns in the subfamily Vittarioideae of the family Pteridaceae, [2] though some researchers place it in its own family, Adiantaceae.
Adiantum caudatum, commonly walking maidenhair, tailed maidenhair, trailing maidenhair is a fern in the genus Adiantum and the family Pteridaceae. [ 1 ] Distribution
Conservation status. Secure ... common name brittle maidenhair fern, is a species of maidenhair fern belonging to the family ... Leaves are light green, pinnate, fan ...
Adiantum aethiopicum, also known as the common maidenhair fern, is a small fern of widespread distribution, occurring in Africa, Australia, Norfolk Island and New Zealand. [ 1 ] Adiantum aethiopicum was one of the many species first described by Linnaeus , in this case in his Systema naturae in 1759. [ 2 ]
The fronds grow 6–10 in (15–25 cm) tall, [3] and are fan-shaped, light to medium green with dark brown to black stems. [4] When growing in relative shade, fronds are held horizontally, but it also can grow in high mountains in full sun (often on serpentine rock) with fronds held vertically.