Adiantum atroviride

An Australian maidenhair fern with glossy black stalks and fan-shaped segments, common along the east coast from Torres Strait to southern New South Wales. It grows on creek banks, rocky hillsides and in dry to moderately dry vine forest and eucalypt forest. It is tougher and more drought-tolerant than most maidenhairs and suits a shaded, moist but airy spot.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

A terrestrial fern with a short creeping rhizome, growing on creek and river banks, rocky hillsides, and in dry to moderately dry vine forest and sclerophyll forest on a range of soils. It usually grows in shade or dappled light near the ground.

Recorded at 10–1015 m, with a median of 270 m across 173 records.

QueenslandNew South WalesNorthern TerritoryLord Howe Island

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app.