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Southern Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum capillus-veneris

Photo by joanbstanley
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Field Notes

Description:

6 to 12 in (15 to 30 cm) in height; its fronds arising in clusters from creeping rhizomes 8 to 27.5 in (20 to 70 cm) tall, with very delicate, light green fronds much subdivided into pinnae 0.2 to 0.4 in (5 to 10 mm) long and broad; the frond rachis is black and wiry.

Habitat:

Waterfall in school garden at Heritage Elementary School.

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PublishedApril 28, 2013

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