General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Fern
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| Life cycle: |
Perennial
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| Sun Requirements: |
Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Full Shade
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| Water Preferences: |
Wet Mesic
Mesic
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| Minimum cold hardiness: |
Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
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| Plant Height: |
1 to 3 feet (30-91cm) |
| Plant Spread: |
1 to 3 feet (30-91cm) |
| Leaves: |
Evergreen
Deciduous
Other: Has both evergreen and decidous fronds.
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| Underground structures: |
Rhizome
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| Suitable Locations: |
Bog gardening
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| Uses: |
Water gardens
Medicinal Herb
Will Naturalize
Suitable for forage
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| Awards and Recognitions: |
RHS AGM
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- Deer Fern
- Snake Fern
- Deer Tongue Fern
- Hard Fern
- Ladder Fern
- Herring Bone Fern
- Accepted: Struthiopteris spicant
- Synonym: Blechnum spicant subsp. nipponicum
- Synonym: Osmunda spicant
- Synonym: Blechnum spicant
- Synonym: Blechnum spicant var. elongatum
Posted by
Bonehead (Planet Earth - Zone 8b) on Sep 29, 2013 11:39 AM concerning plant:
Native in the Pacific Northwest from British Columbia to California, mostly west of the Cascade Mountains, found in the forest understory. A much more delicate form than the sword fern. The plant has two types of fronds: sterile evergreen leaves that are often pressed to the ground, and upright fertile deciduous leaves. Leaves may be used for skin sores, and are an important winter food source for deer and elk.
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