General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Fern
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5b -26.1 °C (-15 °F) to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8a
Plant Height: 2 feet
Plant Spread: 18 inches to 24 inches
Leaves: Deciduous
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Terrariums
Bog gardening
Uses: Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Containers: Suitable for hanging baskets
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Conservation status: Least Concern (LC)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Least Concern
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Common names
  • Southern Maidenhair Fern
  • Maidenhair Fern
  • Common Maidenhair Fern
  • Venus Hairfern
  • Black Maidenhair Fern
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Adiantum capillus-veneris
  • Synonym: Adiantum formosum

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Location: San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-06
Location: Guadalupe River 
Date: 2016-10-29
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-06
Location: Botanical garden of Madeira
Date: 2023-04-11
Location: j c raulston arboretum, raleigh, north carolina
Date: 2023-12-16
'Falling Waters'
Location: Seville, Spain | April, 2023
Date: 2023-04-06
Location: National Botanical Garden, DC, Virginia :) | May, 2022
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: Chicago Botanic Garden
Date: 2018-08-31
Location: Miami, FL
Date: 2013-12
palm hammock orchid estate nursery
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-06
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-06
Location: Japanese Tea Garden, San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-06
Location: Crete - Mili Gorge
Date: 2022-05-29
Location: Fairfax, VA | November, 2023
Date: 2023-11-10
Location: United States Botanical Garden | November 2022
Date: 2022-11-26
Location: Seville, Spain | April, 2023
Date: 2023-04-06
Location: February, 2024
Date: 2024-02-25
Location: Crete - Mili Gorge
Date: 2022-05-29
Location: Edinburg, Texas | June, 2023
Date: 2023-06-25
Location: Barcelona, Spain | April, 2023 
Date: 2023-04-04

Date: 2012-12-29
Location: Seville, Spain | April, 2023
Date: 2023-04-06
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2006-09-23
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Fairfax, VA | August 2022
Date: 2022-08-06
Location: Athol, MA
Date: 2017-12-21
Flourishing indoors during a very cold winter.
Location: Adiantum capillus-veneris of David Creek Israel
Credit Alexey Sergeev
Location: Seville, Spain | April, 2023
Date: 2023-04-05
Location: Zion National Park, Utah
Date: 2015-09-23
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-08-22
Location: Sao Vincente - Madeira
Date: 2023-04-10

Date: 2013-03-06
Location: Crete - Mili Gorge
Date: 2022-05-29

Date: 2011-11-11

Date: 2014-11-30
Credit chuck b
Location: Barcelona, Spain | April, 2023 
Date: 2023-04-04
Location: Barcelona, Spain | April, 2023 
Date: 2023-04-04
Location: KALAMA WA
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2015-08-17
Uploaded by robertduval14

Date: 2012-12-28
Location: Sugar Mill Botanical Gardens, Port Orange, Florida
Date: 2013-03-01

Date: 2012-11-23

Date: 2012-11-23

Date: 2013-03-06
Location: Dallas, TX
Date: May
Big Bend cultivar

Date: 2007-11-29
Credit Alexey Sergeev

Date: 2011-11-11
Location: Austria / Wiener Neustadt
Date: 2015-11-12
Location: McKee Botanical Garden, Vero Beach, Florida
Date: 2016-11-06

Date: 2013-09-29
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