Scientific Name
Dryopteris cristata

Common Name
Crested wood fern; Narrow swamp fern

Zones:  3-7





Height: 1 to 3'
Deciduous/Evergreen: Evergreen
Fronds: Blade is upright, narrowly oblong; pinnate-pinnatified; pinnae are narrowly triangular and broadest near the rachis; basal pinnae are about 1" long; stiffly erect fertile fronds with pinnae turned at right angles to the frond; shorter sterile fronds are arching and evergreen; not crested; long stipe with numerous, dull brown scales
Comments: Easy to grow; short creeping rhizome; often found in marshes, bogs, and swamps but will grow in moist, rich soil; sun or shade
Cultivars: N/A
 

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