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Davallia
Also called Deersfoot Ferns, Hare's Foot Ferns, Rabbit Foot Ferns, Rabbit's Foot Ferns, Shinobu Ferns
Davallia is a genus of about 40 fern species, including the commonly grown Ball Ferns and Rabbit's Foot Ferns, which grow as epiphytes on tree bark or in rock crevices. Give them bright, humid conditions with a fast-draining, airy mix and keep the fuzzy rhizomes from drying out.
Davallia (deersfoot fern, hare's foot fern, shinobu fern, rabbit foot fern, ball fern) is a genus of about 40 species of fern. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is the only genus in the family Davalliaceae, which is placed in the suborder Polypodiineae, order Polypodiales. Alternatively, the family may be placed in a very broadly defined family Polypodiaceae sensu lato as the subfamily Davallioideae.
The family is sister to the largest family of ferns, Polypodiaceae, and shares some morphological characters with it. Species are epiphytic ferns, with fronds arising from long aerial rhizomes which grow on and over thick bark on trees or on rock crevices.
Davalliaceae is native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Pacific, Australia, Asia, and Africa. Plants are usually epiphytic, sometimes lithophytic or terrestrial.
Hare's Foot Fern · Davallia divaricata · Lacy Hare's Foot Fern · Squirrel’s Foot Fern · Davallia tyermanii
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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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