Maidenhair Spleeenwort – Asplenium trichomanes

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Adiantum tenerum, common name brittle maidenhair fern, is a species of maidenhair fern belonging to the family Pteridaceae.[3]

Distribution

This fern species is native to Florida (United States), Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica, Bahamas, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Colombia, Brazil, and Venezuela.[3][2]

It is restricted to moist, shaded, limestone ledges and grottoes.

Description

Adiantum tenerum grows in a creeping position. Leaves are light green, pinnate, fan-shaped, glabrous, arching or pendent, about as long as broad.[4]

References

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer - Adiantum tenerum". NatureServe Explorer Adiantum tenerum. NatureServe. 2022-06-22. Retrieved 22 Jun 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Catalogue of Life". Archived from the original on 2020-05-03. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  3. ^ a b "Adiantum tenerum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  4. ^ Flora of North America

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