Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum pedatum

Foliage Type:

leaf

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Habitats:	dry mesic sites mesic sites wet mesic sites
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Did You Know?	Maidenhair Fern was highly valued as a medicinal plant by some 19th Century medical practitioners, suggesting that it could/should be researched by medical science.
Uses / Ethnobotanical uses:	expectorant, cooling, and antirheumatic tea or syrup used for nasal congestion, asthma, sore throats, hoarseness, colds, fevers, flu and pleurisy stems were used by American Indians as a hair wash to make their hair shiny