Adiantum capillus-veneris L., 1753 16% complete

Maidenhair fern

Sp. Pl.: 1096 (1753)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Adiantum capillus-veneris, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced4 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded8 Not on the record13 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 1096 (1753) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
Source not recorded
Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Maidenhair fern No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Cosmopolitan No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 33 cm
  • 32.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 116, 174, 178, 882, 918
Differs from sources
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 174, 175, 178, 350, 877, 918
Sourced
Flower color empty Not on the record
Foliage color empty Not on the record
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit color empty Not on the record
Growth rate empty Not on the record
Maximum height empty No source recorded
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Rejected 25 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 116, 174, 178, 882, 918 below the average height (33 cm) of the same record
Not on the record
Phenology
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 175, 178, 882, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity empty
  • 7 / 12 · wet, flooded a few weeks a year (hygrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light empty
  • 4 / 9 · shade to half-shade · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Soil nutriments empty
  • 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 174, 178
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth empty Not on the record
Other
Halophyte status — Not on the record
Salt tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record