Common varieties of maidenhair fern

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Maidenhair fern

Maidenhair fern

Maidenhair fern

Maidenhair fern

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Adiantum fern has beautiful stems and leaves, beautiful shape, and compact plant size, making it very suitable for home cultivation. So, do you know what are the common varieties of maidenhair ferns? Do you know all of these maidenhair fern species? Let’s take a look with the editor!

Maidenhair fern

Fan-leaf maidenhair fern

The leaves are fan-shaped to irregular broad ovate, with 2 to 3 palmate branches to bird-like bifurcated branches; the central pinnae is the largest, and the smaller pinnae have short stalks. Maidenhair fern likes a sunny environment and is suitable for growing in acidic red or yellow soil.

Maidenhair fern

Also known as the bristle maidenhair fern, the leaves are linear and lanceolate, about 10 to 25 cm long, with the top extending into a whip shape and taking root on the ground. Maidenhair fern grows in the forest understory or in rock crevices in valleys at an altitude of 100-1200m.

Maidenhair fern

The leaves are triangular in width, with pinnate divisions, and the lobes are rhombus or oblong. Maidenhair fern often grows on limestone beside flowing streams or on the bottom of limestone caves and dripping rock walls at an altitude of 100-2800 meters.

Adiantum fern

Maidenhair fern is a relatively rare species. Due to the destruction of nature by human production activities, the environment it depends on for survival no longer exists. Because Maidenhair fern is a good medicinal material, over-exploitation has put it on the verge of extinction and the number of cultivations is small.

Maidenhair fern

Maidenhair fern

Maidenhair fern

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