Trailing maidenhair fern

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Adiantum caudatum

Trailing maidenhair fern, a reference photo
Photo: User:Rijans007 · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Adiantum caudatum, commonly walking maidenhair, tailed maidenhair, trailing maidenhair is a fern in the genus Adiantum and the family Pteridaceae.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Trailing maidenhair fern being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Polypodiopsida
Order
Polypodiales
Family
Pteridaceae
Species
Adiantum caudatum

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