Adiantum pedatum

Adiantum pedatum
	Northern Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum)
Conservation status
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Pteridophyta
Class:	Pteridopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Family:	Pteridaceae
Subfamily:	Vittarioideae
Genus:	Adiantum
Species:	A. pedatum
Binomial name
	Adiantum pedatum; L.

Adiantum pedatum (northern maidenhair fern, five-fingered fern) is a species of fern in the family Pteridaceae, native to moist woodland in eastern North America.

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

It grows to 1-2.5 feet (0.3-0.75 m) tall, and is deciduous.

This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.; Zhang, Xian-Chun; Schneider, Harald (2011). "A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns" (PDF). Phytotaxa. 19: 7–54.
^ http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=4364

External links

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[Christenhusz-2011-1] Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.; Zhang, Xian-Chun; Schneider, Harald (2011). "A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns" (PDF). Phytotaxa. 19: 7–54.

[2] ttp://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=4364

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