Adiantum jordanii

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   fern

Height: 12 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12. to 24 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 24.
Width: 12 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12. to 24 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 24.
Lifespan: perennial
Origin: California, S Oregon
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Exposure: part-sun, shade
Water: wet, moist
Features: foliage, ground cover
USDA Zones: 8 to 10
Sunset Zones: 5-9, 14-24
Scientific Names

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Adiantum jordanii is a perennial species of maidenhair fern known by the common name California maidenhair.[1]

It is native to California and Baja California. A. jordanii is found in the southernmost part of its range in Baja California with such flora associates as Mimulus aridus and Daucus pusillus.[2]

Each trailing leaf may reach over half a meter in length and is made up of many rounded green segments. Each segment has two to four lobes and it may split between the lobes,[3] the underside of each segment bearing one to four sori.

Adiantum jordanii, from native plant nurseries, is used in native plant and wildlife gardens.


Read about Adiantum jordanii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Adiantum jordanii, C. Muell. (A. emarginatum, D. C. Eaton, not Hook.). Lvs. 1 ft. or more long, 6 in. wide, mostly twice pinnate, with nearly semicircular lfts.; sori elongate, the indusium almost continuous around the margin of the lft. Calif, and Ore.


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References

  1. U.S. Department of Agriculture. 2009
  2. C. Michael Hogan. 2008
  3. Jepson Manual. 1993

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