ADIANTACEAE

0257 Adiantum aethiopicum/ Maiden Hair Fern

Adiantum aethiopicum, also known as the common maidenhair fern, is a small fern of widespread distribution, occurring in Africa, Australia, Norfolk Island and New Zealand. Maidenhair ferns are a large group of perennial, evergreen ferns that can grow to about three feet. Requiring fairly warm and humid conditions, these ferns are found in shaded, moist areas where they grow on rock faces and in crevices of cliffs, on banks and ledges along streams and rivers, or close to natural hot springs. IMAGE BY: Hazel Hogarth TAKEN AT: Berowra Valley National Park DATE: 8 November 2020