| Its common name is the maidenhair tree because its leaves closely resemble those of the fern. |
| Southern maidenhair often hangs over the mouth of the springs, and watercress is common in the clear spring water. |
| On moist slopes above the terraces, northern maidenhair replaces the lady fern, and oceanspray populates the shrub layer. |
| There has already been such a selection of a national flower and tree, with the peony and maidenhair tree proving most popular. |
| Although they don't flower, maidenhair ferns are one of the most popular indoor plants. |
| There is variety in texture, too, from the fragile laciness of maidenhair fern to the solidity of harts tongue fern. |
