Species: Adiantum capillus-veneris L. Date: 2012-01-14 Location: Tingwa River, near Kopje Tops, Mavhuradonhaerness Area Habitat: On wet streambank in shade
Brittle maidehair fern or IwaiwaPteridaceae (Maidenhair Fern family)Native to Florida (USA), parts of Caribbean, Central and northern South AmericaNot native; naturalized in the Hawaiian Islands (Makiki, Pearl City, Oahu; Hna, East Maui)Photo: OahuFrondwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/6904046789/in/photolist-...
Southern maiden-hair fern is found occasionally growing in vertical discharge springs and seeps in the southern Cumberland Plateau region. For more information: plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ADCA
Adiantum aleuticum (Rupr.) Paris(Syn. Adiantum pedatum var. aleuticum)July 25, 2009, approx 6700 ft., Salt Lake County, UtahWhile not globally rare, this is a rare species in Utah and generally in the west.
Known as the Polished Maidenhair Fern, with a range from Mexico and the Caribbean to northern Peru. Photo from the Santa Marta Mountains of northeastern Colombia. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/primitive/index.html