APHOTOFLORA

An online educational resource and botanical image library dedicated to
the flora; wildflowers, trees, shrubs, ferns, liverworts and mosses, found in
South-West England, mostly around Devon and Cornwall, by David Fenwick.

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Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
- frond close-up 1

Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
- frond 1

Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
- frond 2

Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
- fronds 1

Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
- fronds 2

Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
- habitat / on tufa / sea cliff 1

Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
- habitat / on tufa / sea cliff 2

Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
- plant colony 1

Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
- plant colony 2

Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
- plant colony 3

Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
- colonising cave 1

Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
- plant colony in lime kiln 1

Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
- kiln / man made habitat 1

This species can be found growing in a Lime Kiln at Cotehele Quay, Cornwall, SX423681; on cliffs at Porth Kidney Sands near Hayle, Cornwall, SW548382; and under a railway bridge in Truro, near Pydar House at SW 82270 45180.

The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the flora of the region and help

people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but a few species may only be determined by observing microscopic differences that are characteristic to any one species.