Distribution and localisation map
Northern maidenhair fern
Adiantum pedatum
Adiante du canada
- Ethnobotany
- Presentation
- Description
- Identification
- Names
- Etymology
- Uses
- Ethnobotany
- Classification
Northern maidenhair fern is one of the first plants of America which had a scientific description.An extensive trade of the Northern maidenhair fern was going on under the French regime, knew then under the name of "Capillaire du canada" it was used to cure lung diseases.Advise of its curative properties by Amerindians, the settlers looked for it from New England to Montreal.
