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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Ferns
  5. Polypodiales
  6. Brake Family
  7. Vittarioideae
  8. Huruhuru Tapairu

genus

Huruhuru Tapairu

Adiantum

Traits
Includes
7 native 4 introduced 5 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Pedatum clade 4 native
  • Tenerum clade 1 native
  • Peruvianum clade 1 native
  • Adiantum capillus-veneris 1 native
  • Adiantum hirsutum
  • Davidii clade
  • Philippense clade
  • Puerto Rico Maidenhair
  • Tetraphyllum clade
  • Formosum clade

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Fern Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native huruhuru tapairu All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Black Maidenhair Fern Adiantum capillus-veneris caterpillars 1 food 5
  • Northern Maidenhair Fern Adiantum pedatum caterpillars 1
  • Fan Maidenhair Fern Adiantum tenerum caterpillars 1
  • Fragrant Maidenhair Fern Adiantum melanoleucum caterpillars 1
  • Western Maidenhair Fern Adiantum aleuticum
  • California Maidenhair Fern Adiantum jordanii
  • Shasta Maidenhair Fern Adiantum shastense
  • Green Mountain Maidenhair Fern Adiantum viridimontanum

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