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Pteridaceae
Northern maidenhair
Adiantum pedatum
Also known as Five-finger fern, American maidenhair fern, Maidenhair fern, Adiantum boreale
Indoor Plants · Native Plants · Fern · Maidenhair · Woodland · Shade · Humidity · Native · Deciduous Fern · Adiantum · Indoor Fern
Northern maidenhair fern is an elegant woodland fern that prefers consistently moist, humus-rich soil and indirect or dappled light. Protect it from direct sun and dry air, and consider placing it on a humidity tray or near a humidifier indoors. Avoid letting the roots dry out completely, as this can cause rapid frond browning.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Water thoroughly until moisture drains from the pot, keeping soil consistently moist but never waterlogged · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- 0°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Alaska, Amur, Arkansas, Assam, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia, East Himalaya, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Japan, Kansas, Kentucky, Khabarovsk
Sources: trefle, usda
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