| Description | A large fern for the wet areas of the garden. |
|---|---|
| Plant Type | All Plants, Ferns - Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | (3)4-10 |
| Sunlight | full to part sun |
| Moisture | moist, wet |
| Soil & Site | moist, wet, bogs swamps. |
| Flowers | Ferns do not produce flowers. They were around prior to the evolution of the flowering plants (angiosperms). The fertile pinnae compromise the upper quarter of the frond. |
| Fruit | spores |
| Leaves | with age will form a tussock-like base, frond is bipinnate and the segments are oblong spaced apart on the pinna rachis |
| Stems | rootstock is semi-erect, covered with dark brown old withered stems |
| Dimensions | over 4-5 feet tall |
| Propagation | spores, division |
| Native Site | Found growing on every continent except Australia. |
| Notes & Reference | #80-A Field Guide to Ferns (Boughton Cobb) , #90-Ferns for American Gardens (John T Mickel) |
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