Plants Profile for Adiantum aleuticum (Aleutian maidenhair)

General Information
Symbol:	ADAL
Group:	Fern
Family:	Pteridaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	AK N CAN N L48 N
Data Source and Documentation

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©Mary Clay Stensvold. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. United States, AK, S.E. region, Admiralty Island, S.E. side, Pybus Bay. Usage Requirements.

©Mary Clay Stensvold. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. United States, AK, S.E. region, Cleveland Peninsula, Gold Mountain. Usage Requirements.

©Lindsey Koepke. United States, WA, Lewis Co., Mount Rainier National Park, East Side Trail. June 24, 2005. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
ADPEA2	Adiantum pedatum L. ssp. aleuticum (Rupr.) Calder & Roy L. Taylor
ADPEC	Adiantum pedatum L. ssp. calderi Cody
ADPES	Adiantum pedatum L. ssp. subpumilum (W.H. Wagner) Lellinger
ADPEA	Adiantum pedatum L. var. aleuticum Rupr.
ADPES2	Adiantum pedatum L. var. subpumilum W.H. Wagner

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class	Filicopsida
Order	Polypodiales
Family	Pteridaceae – Maidenhair Fern family
Genus	Adiantum L. – maidenhair fern
Species	Adiantum aleuticum (Rupr.) Paris – Aleutian maidenhair

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.
Maine Aleutian maidenhair fern Endangered

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Alaska	FAC
Arid West	FAC
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FAC
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FAC
Great Plains	FAC
Northcentral & Northeast	FACU
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FAC

Related Links

More Accounts and Images
ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (ADAL)
CalPhotos (ADAL)
Flora of North America (ADAL)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ADAL)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ADPEA)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ADPEA2)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ADPEC)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ADPES)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ADPES2)
Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley) (ADAL)
Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn) (ADAL)
Native Plants Network (ADAL)
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium (ADAL)

Wildlife

Food

Source	Large Mammals	Small Mammals	Water Birds	Terrestrial Birds

Cover

Source	Large Mammals	Small Mammals	Water Birds	Terrestrial Birds

Description of Values

Value Class	Food	Cover