Adiantum pedatum
Adiantum pedatum
northern maidenhair
- Plant type and subtype:
- Ferns
- Hardiness Zone:
- 3,
- 4,
- 5,
- 6,
- 7,
- 8
- Light Requirements:
- shade,
- part-shade
- Height: 1'-2'
- Leaf Color:
- green
- Water Use:
- medium
- Soil Moisture:
- moist
- Soil Description:
- acid,
- neutral,
- rich,
- average
- Additional Tags:
- clumping,
- medicinal,
- naturalizing,
- ornamental foliage,
- rock garden plant,
- shade garden plant
- Description:
The northern maidenhair is a delicate and extremely attractive fern. Reaching only about 20" in height, it will form graceful clumps of foliage on black stems so thin they seem to disappear against the background.
- Cultivation:
Elegant red fiddleheads will appear in spring. These ferns will stay green until fall so long as they are not exposed to direct sun, nor allowed to dry out. This plant is ideal for protected northern exposures. Under best light and soil conditions, the maidenhair will colonize by thin rhizomes as well as spores. Zones 3-8
- Propagation:
It is easiest to propagate by division of mature clumps in early spring while the plant is still producing fiddleheads. May also be propagated by spores in late fall.
- Additional Notes:
Tea has been made from the leaves of Adiantum pedatum to alleviate coughing
Map of Native Range
- Range by State: USDA data
- Recorded County Distribution: USDA data
*The map of native range is based on the latest available USDA data.
There may be gaps in the county level distribution.
AK, AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV
Classification
| Kingdom: | Plantae | Plants |
| Subkingdom: | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants |
| Superdivision: | ||
| Division: | Pteridophyta | Ferns |
| Class: | Filicopsida | |
| Subclass: | ||
| Order: | Polypodiales | |
| Family: | Pteridaceae | Maidenhair Fern family |
| Genus: | Adiantum | maidenhair fern |
| Species: | Adiantum pedatum | northern maidenhair |
| Synonyms: | maidenhair fern, maidenhair |
USDA Endangered Status
| N/A |
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