PLANTS Profile for Adiantum pedatum (northern maidenhair)

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Adiantum pedatum L.
northern maidenhair

Symbol:

ADPE

Group:

Fern

Family:

Pteridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Adiantum pedatum L.

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Distribution:
Adiantum pedatum L.


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USA (AK, AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Adiantum pedatum L.

View 18 genera in Pteridaceae, 28 species in Adiantum

Classification:
Adiantum pedatum L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class	Filicopsida
Order	Polypodiales
Family	Pteridaceae – Maidenhair Fern family
Genus	Adiantum L. – maidenhair fern
Species	Adiantum pedatum L. – northern maidenhair

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Adiantum pedatum L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New York:
maidenhair fern		Exploitably Vulnerable

Wetland Indicator Status:
Adiantum pedatum L.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FAC

FAC-

FACU

FAC-

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Adiantum pedatum L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17311.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 09/24/2008 04:23 AM MDT