Maidenhair Fern

Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum pedatum

Maidenhair Fern Family --- Pteridaceae

Leaf stalks, arising from an underground stem, are slender, stiff, reddish brown and divide into two divergent branches each with 5 to 6 leaflets.

A graceful, airy fern with compound leaves arranged in a horseshoe to almost circular shape.

In turn, each leaflet bears delicate, bluish-green, distinct subleaflets that have clefts on the upper margin and are joined to the leaflet by a delicate stalk at the lower margin. (Photographed - July)

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