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Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum pedatum)

A Late Summer Haiga

 

A graceful fern

Floats over the forest floor;

Maidenhair fern.

 

 

There are many maidenhair ferns in this area of Kentucky. I like the horseshoe shape of the fern plant and the neat-shaped pinnules (little leafets) and how they repel water.

Ferns are flowerless, seedless plants that reproduce using sperm, eggs, and spores, not seeds. This species is very beautiful, to me.

Mammoth Cave Park, Kentucky, USA.

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Uploaded on April 21, 2024
Taken on April 28, 2016