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Adiantum caudatum
3-442.14.17English: Walking maidenhair; Walking maidenhair fern; Tailed maidenhair; Trailing maidenhair.
Clades: Philippense; Adiantoideae; Pteridaceae.
Region: Asia, India, Bangladesh, Burma, Nepal, China, Southeast Asia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam; Africa, Pacific Islands.
Habitat: moist, shaded areas; humid conditions, in tropical and subtropical rainforests, along streams, in wet woodlands.
Use: ornamental, in gardens, indoors, graceful appearance.BotanyFern.
Stem: rhizomes, creeping underground.
Leaves: delicate, fine, lacy appearance; pinnate; leaflets are often fan-shaped, deeply lobed, with a feathery look; stalks thin, wiry, dark-colored, black or dark brown.
Sori: round, protected by indusia; on the undersides of the leaflets.
Clades: Philippense; Adiantoideae; Pteridaceae.
Region: Asia, India, Bangladesh, Burma, Nepal, China, Southeast Asia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam; Africa, Pacific Islands.
Habitat: moist, shaded areas; humid conditions, in tropical and subtropical rainforests, along streams, in wet woodlands.
Use: ornamental, in gardens, indoors, graceful appearance.BotanyFern.
Stem: rhizomes, creeping underground.
Leaves: delicate, fine, lacy appearance; pinnate; leaflets are often fan-shaped, deeply lobed, with a feathery look; stalks thin, wiry, dark-colored, black or dark brown.
Sori: round, protected by indusia; on the undersides of the leaflets.