Adiantum pedatum

Adiantum pedatum
Adiantum pedatum
Northern Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Pteridopsida
Order: Pteridales
Family: Adiantaceae
Genus: Adiantum
Species: A. pedatum
Binomial name
Adiantum pedatum
L.

Adiantum pedatum (Northern Maidenhair Fern, Five-fingered Fern) is a maidenhair fern native to moist woodland in eastern North America.

Adiantum aleuticum was once considered a subspecies. Both Adiantum pedatum and aleuticum have fronds distinctively bifurcated and with pinnae on only one side.

Height is 1-2.5 feet (0.3-0.75 m) tall.

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