american maidenhair fern: hardy palmately branched North American fern with divergent recurved branches borne on lustrous dark reddish stipes
maidenhair: any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds
sprites: atmospheric electricity (lasting 10 msec) appearing as globular flashes of red (pink to blood-red) light rising to heights of 60 miles (sometimes seen together with elves)