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Maidenhair Spleenwort

Asplenium trichomanes

Maidenhair spleenwort is a delicate little evergreen fern of shaded rock crevices, forming tidy rosettes of beaded fronds on cliffs and old walls.

Family
Aspleniaceae
Type
fern
Lifespan
perennial
Height
0.2–0.5 ft
Spacing
0.3–0.5 ft apart
Light
part shade, shade
Soil moisture
dry, moist
Soil pH
neutral, acidic
Landscape uses
groundcover, container, naturalizing
Native states
AL, AR, AZ, CO, CT, GA, HI, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV