Adiantum pedatum
Five Finger Fern, Maidenfern
Other regional names: Maidenhair +4 more
- Maidenhair
- Maidenhair Fern
- Northern Maidenhair
- Northern Maidenhair Fern
- Pointerweed
Also known as: Adiantum americanum Nieuwl. +16 more
- Adiantum americanum Nieuwl.
- Adiantum grandifolium Ching
- Adiantum pedatum f. billingsae Kittr.
- Adiantum pedatum f. billingsii Kittr.
- Adiantum pedatum f. laciniatum (Hopkins) Weath.
- Adiantum pedatum f. pedatum
- Adiantum pedatum f. triangulare (Mc Cord) M.Broun
- Adiantum pedatum subsp. pedatum
- Adiantum pedatum var. grandifolium (Ching) Ching
- Adiantum pedatum var. kamtschaticum Rupr.
- Adiantum pedatum var. lacinatum Hopkins
- Adiantum pedatum var. laciniatum Hopkins
- Adiantum pedatum var. originarium Wherry
- Adiantum pedatum var. pedatum
- Adiantum pedatum var. triangulare Mc Cord
- Adiantum pedatum var. triangulare McCord
- Adiantum pedatum var. tripartitum Farw.
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Pteridaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte.
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Adiantum pedatum (commonly known as Five-finger Fern or Maidenfern) is a fern within the Pteridaceae family. It originates in Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, and North America. Within its native range, this species is most commonly linked to temperate conditions.
Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Fern
Plant Type
Bulb
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL, NORTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
China, Eastern Asia, Eastern Canada, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, North-Central U.S.A., Northeastern U.S.A., Russian Far East, Southeastern U.S.A., Subarctic America
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Alabama, Alaska, Amur, Arkansas, Assam, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, East Himalaya, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Korea, Louisiana, Maine, Manchuria, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Myanmar, Nebraska, Nepal, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Tibet, Vermont, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Wisconsin