Adiantum jordanii - California maidenhair fern

California maidenhair fern (Adiantum jordanii) is a shade-loving fern of California woodland and rocky slopes, going summer dormant in dry years and valued in a butterfly garden.¹ It grows 0.1-0.5 m tall and wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Full shade¹
• Moist soil¹

Type

• Fern¹

Functions

• Fire resistance²
• Wildlife habitat¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	0.1-0.5
Diameter (m)	0.1-0.5

Footnotes

1. Adiantum jordanii, California Maiden-Hair Fern | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩