tiarella
Alabama
Northern Maidenhair Fern
Tim McCormack (Phyzome) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Northern Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum pedatum

It grows wild in 38 of Alabama’s 67 counties.

Light
Full shade to part sun
Soil
Moist soil
Size
2 ft to 3 ft tall, 2.2 ft wide
Fronds
Die back in winter, no flowers
Roots
Spreading rhizomes or runners; wants 10 in of soil
Kind
Fern
Add to a bedPlan it in a pot

At its grown size

Northern Maidenhair Fern, drawn in a bed

fall colorbare for winter

Grows well with

Heartleaf Aster2.5 ft tallWhite Wood-aster2 ft tallFalse Solomon's-seal2.5 ft tallWild Blue Phlox10 in tallMapleleaf Viburnum5 ft tallChristmas Fern2 ft tallNew York Fern1.5 ft tallLarge-flowered Bellwort1.8 ft tall

Facts from the Quercus record for Adiantum pedatum.