Davallia canariensis

The hare's-foot fern of the Atlantic edge of Europe and North Africa, with furry creeping rhizomes and finely cut fronds. It grows on mossy trunks and rocks in cool, humid places with oceanic influence and goes partly dormant in the dry summer. It is one of the few Davallia that takes cool winters.

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 on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

On tree trunks and branches and on mossy siliceous rocks in cool, humid, sheltered places, including laurel forest in Macaronesia and oak woods in Iberia.

Recorded from about 5 to 1,135 m, median 300 m.

Canary IslandsMadeiraAzoresCape VerdePortugalSpainMorocco

🔒 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.