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California Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum jordanii)
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Fern
Typical Height
Perennial
Native
Description
Height 8 in. - 2 ft.
This is a common but graceful fern made up of small, widely-separated half-circle leaflets.
Stems are dark and shiny and grow a bit over 1 foot long. Fronds overlap, covering larger areas in a wall of green.
Found on shaded moist hillsides.
CA native
AKA Maidenhair Fern, California Maidenhair
Brake Fern Family (Pteridaceae)
Brown stems are about 1 foot tall, with half-circle "leaflets" loosely arranged along them.
Stems curve gracefully. Small leaflets have many radiating veins.
Maidenhair Fern hangs down along moist banks and rocky walls in a graceful display.
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This is a single Maidenhair frond. The dark wiry stem is twice divided (branching twice) before ending in delicate green leaflets.
Maiden Hair fern has very thin stems, which reminds people of a maiden's hair. The stem is wiry, however, which allows the leaflets to stand away f ...
Leaflets are roughly half circles, with many veins radiating from a common point at the base. Margins are finely toothed, and also have some minor ...
This fern is just emerging - it starts as a "fiddlehead" and then unwinds as its leaflets sprout.
Maidenhair's scientific name is [i]Adiantum[/i], which is Greek for "unwettable". Water forms into droplets on its impervious surface, making a bea ...