PLANTS Profile for Adiantum capillus-veneris (common maidenhair)

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Adiantum capillus-veneris L.
common maidenhair

Symbol:

ADCA

Group:

Fern

Family:

Pteridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		N
PR		N
CAN		N

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Gary Larson. 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 capillus-veneris L.

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Synonyms:
Adiantum capillus-veneris L.

	ADCAM	Adiantum capillus-veneris L. var. modestum (Underw.) Fernald
	ADCAP	Adiantum capillus-veneris L. var. protrusum Fernald
	ADMO2	Adiantum modestum Underw.

Distribution:
Adiantum capillus-veneris L.


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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, HI, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NM, NV, OH, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA), USA+ (PR), CAN (BC)

Related Taxa:
Adiantum capillus-veneris L.

View 18 genera in Pteridaceae, 28 species in Adiantum

Classification:
Adiantum capillus-veneris 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 capillus-veneris L. – common maidenhair

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Adiantum capillus-veneris 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.

Kentucky:
southern maidenhair-fern		Threatened
North Carolina:
venus hair fern		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Adiantum capillus-veneris L.

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Reg. 0

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FACU,FACW+

FACU

FACW

FACW+

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FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Adiantum capillus-veneris L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17308.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs 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.

Time Generated: 09/24/2008 05:24 AM MDT