Maidenhair Fern

Basic Information

Family:

Pteridaceae

Category:

fern

Status:

Least Concern

Flowering:

Non-flowering (spores summer)

Description

A delicate fern with fan-shaped leaflets on wiry black stems. Grows near springs and in damp, shaded grottos.

Habitat

Damp cliffs, grottoes, near springs

Characteristics

height:

10-40 cm

flower Color:

None (fern)

leaf Type:

Fan-shaped leaflets, delicate

growth Form:

Rhizomatous fern

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