Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Adiantum capillus-veneris
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
See herbarium specimens at the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.
Learn more about Southern Maidenhair Fern from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Adiantum capillus-veneris
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 010-01-002:
Adiantum capillus-veneris
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
COMMON NAME:
Southern Maidenhair Fern, Venus-hair Fern
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_adca_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_adca_005_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm100314_097
March Decatur County GA
Pinnae alternate, distant. Compound near base, simple near apex, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
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JK Marlow jkm100314_099
March Decatur County GA
Rachis dark brown, smooth, slender, and brittle, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
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JK Marlow jkm100314_102
March Decatur County GA
Fronds pendant or arching, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_capillusveneris_1
April
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Adiantum capillus-veneris
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Adiantum capillus-veneris
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 010-01-002:
Adiantum capillus-veneris
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Look for it on moist calcareous substrates, in the Coastal Plain on "marl" (coquina limestone) (NC & SC), on calcareous clay bluffs (GA), and adventive on lime mortar of old buildings and walls, in the Mountains on limestone or other calcareous sedimentary rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Partially evergreen
2-pinnate
FRUIT:
Summer
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia p052
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas p210
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p121
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p287
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p058
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p327