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Ferns Partly documented

Adiantum schweinfurthii

A maidenhair of the African savanna belt, from Senegal and Guinea east to Sudan and south to Angola and Tanzania. It lives with a long, hard dry season (almost no rain from November to February), so unlike rainforest maidenhairs it probably needs a drier, dormant winter. Species-specific ecology is poorly documented; this profile leans on the measured climate.

Adiantum schweinfurthii
Photo: Marco Schmidt, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets 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

Probably terrestrial in shaded, seasonally moist places within savanna and woodland: gallery forest, stream banks, shaded rocky slopes and termite-mound or rock bases. This is inferred from the climate and from other savanna maidenhairs, not from a specific description.

Recorded from 100 to 1380 m, median 529 m (23 records).

AngolaCameroonCentral African RepublicChadDR CongoGuineaMaliNigeriaSenegalSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTogo

🔒 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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.