Fairchild Botanic Garden
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Taxon
Adiantum
tenerum
Common name:
brittle maidenhair fern (English)
Family:
Pteridaceae
Distribution:
Tropical America
Life form:
Herbaceous perennial
Description:
Brittle maidenhair is a delicate native fern that grows on limestone rock in moist rockland hammocks. The new foliage is pink. Plant in shade or bright filtered light with crushed coral rock and keep moist
Locations
1:
RPH-B8
• Accession: 66820 • Origin: Bahamas
2:
Whitman Fruit Pavilion
(WFP)
• Accession: 2009-0773
Area
Individual