Scientific Name
Onoclea sensibilis

Common Name
Sensitive fern; Bead fern


Zones:  2-10
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Height: 1 to 3'
Deciduous/Evergreen: Deciduous
Fronds: Broad, almost triangular fronds; sterile fronds are deeply pinnatified to bipinnatified, and thin texture; most pinnae are nearly opposite; rachis is smooth, pale tan or yellow; fronds turns yellow or russet in fall; fertile fronds emerge in late summer, are woody with beadlike segments, brown and persist into winter; stipes are long (one half to two thirds of frond), network veined; dimorphic
Comments: Easy to grow; short, rapid spreading creeping rhizomes; naturally occurs in marshes, ditches and swamps; sensitive to drought and frost; moderately aggressive; tolerates sun with adequate moisture
Cultivars: N/A
 

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