Braamfontein Spruit Ecological Corridor

Hard Fern

Pellaea calomelanos calomelanos

Inclusion rationale

Why did we include this species on our website? Because it was mentioned in the following source(s):

Features data

The following sources have provided data on features for this species.

Source document Features
Ferns of the Witwatersrand
Dec. 17, 2025, 7:08 a.m.
  • Medicinal
  • Edible
  • Attractive
  • Rocky habitat
  • Shade
  • Semi-shade

Photo credits

You can see the credits underneath each photo of the species pages as well. Credits, in order of appearance:

  • (c) Craig Peter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Craig Peter source
  • (c) Johan Heyns, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Johan Heyns source
  • (c) Amanda Kalaku, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Amanda Kalaku source
  • (c) philipcalinikos, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source
  • (c) Chris Wahlberg, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Chris Wahlberg source
  • (c) Manuel R Popp, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Manuel R Popp source
  • (c) Gareth Preiss, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Gareth Preiss source
  • Rotational, no known copyright restrictions (public domain) source
  • (c) Troos van der Merwe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Troos van der Merwe source
  • (c) Ronald Flipphi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ronald Flipphi source
  • (c) Botswanabugs, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Botswanabugs source
  • (c) Matt Prinsloo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Matt Prinsloo source

Sources and references

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