Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Adiantum viridimontanum

Adiantum viridimontanum

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/October 13, 2022 by Jimfbleak - talk to me?  12:45, 10 September 2022 (UTC)



Adiantum viridimontanum, commonly known as Green Mountain maidenhair fern, is a rare fern found in outcrops of serpentine rock in New England and Quebec. It is named after the site of its discovery in the Green Mountains in Vermont. Until 1991, it was grouped with the western maidenhair fern A. aleuticum, which itself was classified as a variety of the northern maidenhair fern A. pedatum. It was then established that A. viridimontanum was a hybrid species and that the other two ferns were distinct, although it is difficult to distinguish between the three species in the field. Due to the limited distribution of A. viridimontanum and its similarity to other species, little is known of its ecology. It thrives on sunny, disturbed areas where ultramafic rock is covered with thin soil, such as road cuts, talus slopes, and asbestos mines. Individual plants seem long-lived, and new individuals only infrequently reach maturity. It is one of four species endemic to serpentine in eastern North America and is considered vulnerable due to its habitat restrictions.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Banksia canei was TFA on June 4
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 * Promoted: Jan 20, 2012. "Satisfactory" at URFA/2020 on Dec. 19, 2021.
 * Reasons for nomination: Plants are an underrepresented group on TFA. This would be a TFA rerun from Nov. 2013. Blurb is a shortened version of the first TFA run.
 * Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 19:22, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Fine with me. I should be able to keep an eye on it. I don't expect it will need significant updates until Morgan Southgate's doctoral work is published. Choess (talk) 04:05, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Support. Gog the Mild (talk) 11:54, 10 September 2022 (UTC)