Kauai digit fernPteridaceae (Maidenhair fern family)Endemic the the Hawaiian Islands (Kauai only)IUCN: Critically EnangeredKauai (Cultivated)Underside of frond showing the sori.Frondwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5490701911/in/photostream/
Iwaiwa or KumuniuPteridaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsOahu (Cultivated)This fern is growing in a "Native Hawaiian Fern Garden"Underside of frond showing the unique arrangement of sori (fern spores)www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/14132353564/in/photolist...Closeup of the frond soriwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/14128660081/in/photolist...EtymologyThe generic name Doryopteris is from the Greek dory, lacy, and pteris, fern, referring to the frond shape in some species.The specific epithet decipiens is from the Latin deceptum, deceptive or misleading.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/
Although known as the Central American Lace Fern, this species is native as for south as Argentina. Adapted to dry areas. Adiantaceae. UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens.
Brittle maidehair fern or IwaiwaPteridaceae (Maidenhair Fern family)Native to Florida (USA), parts of Caribbean, Central and northern South AmericaNot native; naturalized in the Hawaiian Islands (Makiki, Pearl City, Oahu; Hna, East Maui)Photo: OahuFrondwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/6904046789/in/photolist-...