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Adiantum silvaticum

A small maidenhair fern of eastern Australia, from Queensland south to Ulladulla in New South Wales. It grows in open eucalypt forest and rainforest on moist cliff faces and near streams in high-rainfall areas, often in poor soils. The hairless bluish form resembles Adiantum cunninghamii.

Adiantum silvaticum
Photo: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Moist cliff faces and stream banks in open eucalypt forest or rainforest, in high-rainfall areas. It favours nutrient-poor soils.

Recorded at 100–1145 m, median 780 m.

New South WalesQueensland

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✓ 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.