Adiantum andicola
A maidenhair fern of the highlands from Mexico to Colombia, very well recorded in the pine-oak and cloud forests of central and southern Mexico. It grows mainly at 1500-3000 m, in a climate with warm, bright days, cold nights and a long dry winter and spring. Grow it cooler and brighter than tropical maidenhairs, and keep it drier during winter.
Where it grows wild
It grows on the ground in montane pine-oak and cloud forest, on shaded banks, slopes and among rocks. This is inferred from where it is recorded and from similar highland maidenhairs, and no species-specific habitat account was checked.
It is recorded at 50-3754 m, with a median of 2150 m from 814 records. Most records fall between about 1500 and 3000 m.
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