Adiantum obliquum
A widespread lowland maidenhair of the Neotropics, from Mexico and the Caribbean to Bolivia and southern Brazil, with nearly 900 wild records. Most records are from warm, wet forest below a few hundred metres, so it wants steady warmth, shade and constant moisture.
Where it grows wild
Terrestrial in the understory of humid lowland rainforest; beyond the herbarium record, little is published on its microhabitat. This profile generalises from lowland Neotropical Adiantum, which usually grow on shaded banks and slopes.
Recorded from sea level upward, median 141 m; the 5000 m maximum is almost certainly a data error.
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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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its Public domain licence, unmodified.