Adiantum capillus-veneris
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Venus Maidenhair Fern, Southern Maidenhair
Pteridaceae
Plant Specifics
Form: | Fern | |
Size: | Hanging or low-growing fern, 1-2 ft tall by 1 ft wide | |
Life Span: | Long-lived perennial | |
Flower Color: | NA | |
Fruit Color: | NA | |
Phenology: | Evergreen. | |
Noted for: | Interesting foliage |
Landscaping
Recommended Uses: | Small specimen plant or groundcover. Also grows well as a container plant. A good addition to a rock garden. Prefers settings that are well drained but moist (Osario 2001). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Propagation: | Spreads gradually and can be propagated by division. Also can be propagated by spores. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Availability: | Friends, FNPS plant sales, Specialty providers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Light: | Part Shade, Shade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moisture Tolerance: |
always floodedextremely dry |
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(Usually moist, occasional inundation ----- to ----- Not wet but not extremely dry) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moisture Tolerance: | Usually moist, occasional inundation ----- to ----- Not wet but not extremely dry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance: | Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance: | Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Soil or other substrate: | Clay, Lime rock, Sand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Soil pH: | Calcareous (high pH) |
Ecology
Wildlife: |
Said to be resistant to deer. | |
Insects: | ||
Native Habitats: | Moist hammocks and can grow attached to rock outcroppings if moisture is consistently present in the area. |
Distribution and Planting Zones
Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
10A 8A 8B 9A 9B

USDA zones are based on minimum winter temperatures
Comments
General Comments: | Widespread but sparse distribution in Florida largely based on where limestone is exposed at the surface. |