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Arthropteris tenella
Also called Jointed Fern
Arthropteris tenella is a delicate climbing rainforest fern from eastern Australia and New Zealand that grows on rocks or trees in shade. It needs shade, humidity and steady moisture, and does best in a warm, sheltered spot.
Arthropteris tenella is a rainforest fern of the genus Arthropteris native to eastern Australia and New Zealand.
It is found in shady areas on rocks or on trees. The specific epithet tenella is from the Latin, meaning "delicate".
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Arthropteris tenella 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.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
