[Ferns East of the Crest of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Five-finger Fern, Aleutian Maidenhair, Northern Maidenhair, Western Maidenhair

Adiantum aleuticum

Synonyms: Adiantum boreale, Adiantum pedatum, Adiantum pedatum var. aleuticum, Adiantum pedatum var. subpumilum

Aleutian Maidenhair, Northern Maidenhair, Western Maidenhair: Adiantum aleuticum (Synonyms: Adiantum boreale, Adiantum pedatum, Adiantum pedatum var. aleuticum, Adiantum pedatum var. subpumilum)

The photo above shows northern maidenhair as seen on moist slopes along the River Route Road in the Klickitat River Canyon several miles southeast of Glenwood, WA............................May 26, 2008.

Locations Where Northern Maidenhair has been seen on Mt. Adams:

1. Along the River Route Road in the upper Klickitat River Canyon between the Klickitat Fish Hatchery and the Outlet Falls Creek.

2. Hellroaring Canyon

3. Big Muddy Creek (lower canyon)


Aleutian Maidenhair, Northern Maidenhair, Western Maidenhair: Adiantum aleuticum (Synonyms: Adiantum boreale, Adiantum pedatum, Adiantum pedatum var. aleuticum, Adiantum pedatum var. subpumilum)

The photo above shows northern maidenhair as seen on moist slopes along the River Route Road in the Klickitat River Canyon several miles southeast of Glenwood, WA............................May 26, 2008.

Paul Slichter