铁线蕨科（Adiantaceae），多年生挺水植物，高从40公分到一公尺以上都有。叶子通常呈现排列状，暗色且繁衍用的孢子密生于老叶先端。一般来说，该种植物都生长在湿地。

林春吉，《台湾的水生与湿地植物》，2005，台北，绿世界出版社。

Adiantaceae (as construed here, sensu strictu, not a synonym of Pteridaceae) is a family of ferns in the order Pteridales. This includes the family formerly known as the "Vittariaceae." Recent genetic analyses based on chloroplast genes demonstrate that the vittarioid ferns cladistically nest within the genus Adiantum, making that genus paraphyletic.