| 31. | It is 1 of 19 ferns native to Bermuda, the only native maidenhair, and the most prolific fern on the island.
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| 32. | Shade-tolerant perennials include lady's mantle, ajuga, bleeding heart, columbine, lily of the valley and maidenhair ferns.
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| 33. | At the time of his death, he was working on a monograph of the maidenhair fern genus, " Adiantum ".
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| 34. | One of the loveliest and most readily available is A . pedatum, the northern maidenhair fern, which grows a foot or two tall.
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| 35. | The epithet of the latter may have been intended to denote a characteristic resembling " Adiantum ", the genus of maidenhair ferns.
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| 36. | One of the most well known plants in this order is the maidenhair fern " Adiantum ", with many forms in cultivation.
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| 37. | The other maidenhair fern that now grows wild on Bermuda, " Adiantum capillus-veneris ", was introduced by Governor Lefroy.
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| 38. | Resistant to pollution, insects and disease, the ginkgo is a slow-grower with fan-shaped foliage that resembles that of maidenhair fern.
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| 39. | In the shelter of the roots and shaded by the leafy canopy above, ferns such as the Christmas fern and maidenhair fern grow in abundance.
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| 40. | There is also a Maidenhair tree, ( " Ginkgo biloba " ) which is said to be the tallest specimen outside Kew Gardens.
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