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`ama`u

Sadleria unisora

Also called `ama`uma`u, Ma`u, Ma`uma`u, Pua`a `ehu`ehu, `apu`u

`ama`u
Photo: Grigory Heaton, CC BY-SA 4.0

Sadleria unisora, known as `ama`u, is a native Hawaiian chain fern found only on Kauaʻi in wet forests at 400 to 1,520 m elevation. It needs cool, moist, shaded conditions and is rarely grown outside its native habitat.

Family
Blechnaceae (Blechn family)
Grows as
Fern
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist and never let it dry out.
Soil
Rich, moist, well-draining organic mix such as peat-based potting soil with leaf mold.
Temperature
12–24 °C; protect below 5 °C.
How easy
Hard

About

Sadleria unisora is a species of chain fern endemic to the Alakaʻi plateau on the island of Kauaʻi.

Where it grows

Sadleria unisora is only found at elevations between 400–1,520 m (1,310–4,990 ft) in native wet forests on the island of Kauaʻi, where it occupies steep walls above streams and canyons.

Other Sadleria plants

Amaumau fern · Sadleria

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sadleria unisora 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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