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Davallia trichomanoides
Davallia trichomanoides is a rhizomatous epiphytic fern from wet tropical Asia, grown as a houseplant for its fuzzy, rabbit-foot-like rhizomes that creep over the pot edge. It thrives in bright indirect or shaded conditions with evenly moist, well-drained growing media.
Davallia trichomanoides, also known as black rabbit's foot fern and squirrel foot fern, is a widespread fern in the family Davalliaceae found across southeast Asia. Its height is from 15 to 45 cm. Partial or full shade is required for the growth of it. It can survive in dryness. They have pinnate leaves. Like most ferns, it grows in line with apical dominance, in case of disturbances it is able to change the main stem of the plant. Its chloroplast genome was sequenced for the first time in 2025.
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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.
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.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
