Family: Dryopteridaceae

Scientific Name: Dryopteris x complexa Robusta

Common Name: Robust Male Fern

Description

Robust Male Fern (Dryopteris x complexa) is a fertile hybrid of the Male Fern. Very hardy and easy to grow fern. Very adaptable to different sites.

Pronunciation(dry-OP-ter-iss)
Plant TypeFerns - Hardy
Hardiness Zone5-9
Sunlightpart shade, shade
Moistureaverage to moist, can tolerate some drier soils
Soil & Sitenative to cold, rocky, acid soils.
Flowersnon flowering
Fruitspores
Leavesfronds are bipinnate, narrow at the base, can be evergreen, semi evergreen to deciduous depending on the hardiness zone
Stemsstout rhizomes, erect or decumbent rhizomes
DimensionsReaches 3 plus feet tall and almost equal spread. The plants I have seen seem to be in the lower range of the height and spread.
Propagationspores, division
Native SiteSpecies plants native to much of Europe, Asia, and North America.
Misc FactsThe genus name Dryopteris (Greek) means "oak-fern". The fern is found many times growing in Oak forests. The species name felis-mas means male fern, probably because of its vigorous growth. For centuries an extract of this fern was used to control tapeworms. The chemicals filicin and filmarone found in the oil are toxic to the worms.
Notes & Reference#80-A Field Guide to Ferns (Boughton Cobb), #90-Ferns for American Gardens (John T Mickel),#145-Plant Lives, (Sue Eland) www.plantlives.com
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