Scientific Name
Deparia acrostichoides; Athyrium thelpteroides

Common Name
Silvery glade fern; Silvery spleenwort


Zones:  4-8










Height: 2 to 3'
Deciduous/Evergreen: Deciduous
Fronds: Elliptic-lanceolate frond; pinnate-pinnatifid; fronds taper at base; segments are squarish or rounded; lower surface of blade becomes silvery from whitish sori arranged in herringbone pattern; stipe and rachis remain green; abundant, narrow scales and some fine hairs; fronds turns straw colored in fall
Comments: Require constant moisture; tolerate sun with adequate moisture; clump forming; short creeping rhizome
Cultivars: N/A
 

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