Month: January 2015

Species:  Adiantum trapeziforme English Name:  Steps Maidenhair Chinese Name: 梯葉鐵線蕨 Family:  Adiantaceae Description: 30 to 90cm tall and it creeps as wide, erect or dropping with age.               Photos used under a Creative Commons license References: –  Department of Gardens and Green Areas, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau of…

Species:  Adiantum tenerum English Name:  Brittle Maidenhair Fern Chinese Name: 脆鐵線蕨 Family:  Adiantaceae Description: Grows in a creeping position, leaves are pinnate, fan-shaped, glabrous, arching or pendent about as long as broad. Medium size growing up to 60cm tall.               Photos used under a Creative Commons license References: – …

Species: Adiantum malesianum English Name: Malesian Maidenhair Chinese Name: 南洋鐵線蕨、假鞭葉鐵線蕨 Family: Adiantaceae Description: Plants terrestrial or epilithic 10-40cm tall. Its rhizomes are short, erect and densely covered with brown lanceolate scales. It’s found in China, throughout South East Asia and the Pacific Islands. Most commonly rocks or in rocks crevices under thickets or slopes.    …

Species: Adiantum flabellulatum English Name: Fan-leaved Maidenhair Chinese Name: 扇葉鐵線蕨 Family: Adiantaceae Description: Plant terrestrial or lithophytic, 20-45cm tall. Rhizome short, erect or ascending with a dense tuft of clustered fronds. The rhizome is covered with linear/lanceolate shining brown scales. It is found is China, Japan and throughout South East Asia. Most commonly on humus rich…

Species:  Adiantum caudatum English Name:  Walking Maidenhair Chinese Name:  鞭葉鐵線蕨 Family:  Adiantaceae Description: Stipes are tufed, erect or spreading, more or less covered with brown hairs, 5 to 20 centimeters long. Fronds are linear in outline, simply pinnate, 15 to 30 centimeters long; the leaflets, 1 to 2 centimeters long. Its leaves and aerial parts…

Species:  Adiantum capillus-veneris English Name:  Maidenhair Chinese Name:  鐵線蕨 Family:  Adiantaceae Description: Grows from 15 to 30cm in height. It is used for medical purposes in Native America, believed to treat rheumatism and insanity.                       Photos used under a Creative Commons license References: –  Department…

Species:  Notholaena hirsuta English Name:  Hairy Lip-fern Chinese Name:  隱囊蕨、毛碎米蕨 Family:  Sinopteridaceae Description: Rhizome erect or shortly creeping with linear scales.             Photos used under a Creative Commons license References: –  Department of Gardens and Green Areas, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau of Macao Special Administrative Region, South China Botanical…

Species:  Acrostichum aureum English Name:  Leather Fern Chinese Name:  鹵蕨、金蕨 Family:  Acrostichaceae Description: Large fronds growing up to a length of 1,8m. The leaves are glossy, broad and pinnate.             Photos used under a Creative Commons license References: –  Department of Gardens and Green Areas, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau…