Fronds:
Tufted circular clump of stiff,
deep green fronds; blade is once-pinnate, lance shaped broadest
at the base; fertile fronds are taller, more rigid, more erect,
constricted at tip and die in winter; sterile fronds are smaller
and less erect and remain evergreen; pinnae are auricled with marginal
bristle teeth; stipe and rachis are scaly; short stipe is green
but brown at base; yellow spored sori occur only on terminal one
third of the frond
Comments:
Easy to grow;
tolerates a range of site conditions including dry shade and sun
with adequate moisture; slender, creeping rhizome, branched with
multiple crowns
