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FernsFern, or pteridophyte, is any one of a group of some twenty thousand species of plants classified in the Division Pteridophyta, formerly known by some as Filicophyta. A fern is defined as a vascular plant that lacks seeds, and that reproduces by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations. New fronds arise by circinate vernation (leaf formation by unrolling).
Our Featured Ferns:
American Maidenhair Fern
Scientific Name: Adiantum pedatum
Zone: 4-9
Sun: Partial to full shade The American Maidenhair Fern, Adiantum pedatum, is a deciduous, clump-forming fern which typically grows 1.5 to 2 tall and is most frequently found on... more |
Christmas Fern
Scientific Name: Polystichum acrostichoides
Zone: 4-9
Sun: Partial to full shade The Christmas Fern, Polystichum acrostichoides, occurs in both dry and moist wooded slopes, moist banks and ravines. It typically grows in a fountain-... more |
Cinnamon Fern
Scientific Name: Osmunda cinnamonea
Zone: 3-9
Sun: Full shade to full sun The Cinnamon Fern, Osmunda cinnamonea, occurs in moist, boggy ground along streams and on shaded ledges and grows in clumps to 2-3 tall, but with cons... more |
Ebony Spleenwort Fern
Scientific Name: Asplenium platyneuron
Zone: 4-8
Sun: Partial to full shade Ebony Spleenwort Fern, Asplenium platyneuron, is an evergreen fern which typically grows to 15 tall and occurs on rocky wooded ledges, rocky slopes an... more |
Hayscented Fern
Scientific Name: Dennstaedtia punctilobula
Zone: 3-9
Sun: Partial to full shade The Hayscented Fern, Dennstaedtia punctilobula, is very common. It can be identified by its lacy, light-green fronds that feel very slightly sticky to... more |
Japanese Painted Fern
Scientific Name: Athyrium niponicum Pictum
Zone: 5-8
Sun: Full shade The `Japanese Painted Fern, Athyrium niponicum `Pictum, is a low maintance, deciduous fern with soft grayish-green and silvery dark maroon foliage. Be... more |
Leatherwood Fern
Scientific Name: Dryopteris marginalis
Zone: 3-9
Sun: Partial to full shade The Leatherwood Fern or Marginal Shield Fern is an evergreen fern which typically forms a non-spreading, vase-shaped clump to 1.5-2 (infrequently to 3... more |
Royal Fern
Scientific Name: Osmunda regalis
Zone: 3-9
Sun: Full shade to full sun The Royal Fern, Osmunda regalis, is a tall, deciduous fern which usually occurs on moist bluffs and ledges and along streams (sometimes growing in the... more |
Sensitive Fern
Scientific Name: Onoclea sensibilis
Zone: 4-8
Sun: Partial to full shade The Sensitive Fern, Onoclea sensibilis, is a large, somewhat coarse deciduous fern which occurs in wet woods and thickets and in moist soils along str... more |
Southern Lady Fern
Scientific Name: Athyrium asplenioides
Zone: 3-8
Sun: Partial to full shade The Lady fern or Red Stem fern has a feathery textured frond with a red stem. It is a slow spreading fern, which will make a nice mass in a few years.... more |
Toothwood Fern
Scientific Name: Dryopteris spinulosa
Zone: 6-8
Sun: Full shade to full sun The Toothwood Fern, Dryopteris spinulosais, is a delightful lacy plant. The Toothwood Fern, also known as the Narrow Buckler Fern, has true fern folia... more |
Walking Fern
Scientific Name: Camptosorus rhizophyllus
Zone: 6-9
Sun: Partial to full shade The Walking Fern, Camptosorus rhizophyllus, is an interesting little plant. The common name comes from the fact that the leaves sprout new plants at t... more |
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