Adiantum
capillus-veneris

Venus Maidenhair Fern
  • Leaves on a creeping rhizome, 10 to 30 cm tall
  • Thin fan-shaped leaflets, light green
  • Very thin and fragile stalk, black
  • Sori under the recurved margin of the leaflets

ADIANTACEAE

genus Adiantum

  • Growth during spring, fructification in summer, leaves disappearing during the following year
  • Shaded limestone overhangs with seepage, wet walls. Below 1000 m
  • Seems to be present only on the Vercors margins : Petits Goulets under a waterfall, St Laurent en Royans near a small streamlet.