Adiantum pedatum
| Adiantum pedatum | |
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| Northern Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum) | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Pteridophyta |
| Class: | Pteridopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales[1] |
| Family: | Pteridaceae[1] |
| Subfamily: | Vittarioideae[1] |
| 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 forests 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 30–75 cm (12–30 in) tall, and is deciduous.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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.
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