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Amauropelta dodsonii

Amauropelta dodsonii (synonym Thelypteris dodsonii) is a fern from the Thelypteridaceae family, endemic to Ecuador and found in moist tropical forests. It is a forest understory species and is rarely grown in cultivation, so care advice is based on related tropical ferns.

Family
Thelypteridaceae (Thelypterid family)
Grows as
Fern
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist and never let it dry out completely.
Soil
Rich, loose, well-draining mix high in organic matter, such as peat or leaf mould with perlite.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate

About

Amauropelta dodsonii, synonym Thelypteris dodsonii, is a species of fern in the family Thelypteridaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Other Amauropelta plants

Amauropelta aculeata · Amauropelta appressa · Amauropelta bonapartii · Amauropelta campii · Amauropelta conformis · Amauropelta correllii · Amauropelta elegantula · Amauropelta euthythrix · Amauropelta fluminalis · Amauropelta macra · Amauropelta rosenstockii · Amauropelta semilunata

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Amauropelta dodsonii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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