Not to be confused with: Maidenhair Spleenwort [another fern].

Uniquely identifiable characteristics

Distinguishing Feature : The fan-shaped leaflets, drooping downwards.

No relation to : Maidenhair Tree (Ginkgo bilboa) [a non-native plant of similar name and rather similarly shaped leaves].

There are a few garden varieties and one other native variety (Adiantum raddianum) of 'Maidenhair Fern' that do not resemble this plant, although they may indeed be of the same Genus, Adiantum. There are 200 species of Genus Adiantum, which obtains the name from the Greek due to the plants ability to shun becoming wetted by water, even though it grows in moist places.

A rather rare plant in the UK in the wild, since it's only habitat seems to be limestone rocks by the sea, in particular favouring dripping wet tufa rock. However, some species of Maidenhair Fern are popular as an indoor house plant. The sori are underneath at the tips of the leaflets.

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