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Ferns The majority of these evergreen and perennial fern species are ones that I have personally found and some are ones that other aficionados have found or collected. I have located and identified about 27 different ones in Virginia, North Carolina, Delaware, West Virginia, and Maryland.
Hardy, Evergreen, Indigenous Ferns |
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1.
Leather Wood Fern (Dryopteris marginalis)
This is a nice symmetrical hardy fern. |
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Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)
This is a nice thick growing hardy fern. |
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Holly Fern (Cyrtomium falcatum)
May be related to Christmas Ferns, native to Asia, now wild in US. |
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Toothed Wood or Intermediate Wood Fern (Dryopteris intermedia)
This is a nice symmetrical hardy fern. |
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Purple Cliff-Brake (Pellaea atropurpurea)
This is small blue-green fern that lives on old stone walls in the sun. |
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Maidenhair Spleenwort Fern (Asplenium trichomanes)
A small fern often found with Walking Ferns, has 8"x1/2" fronds. |
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Ebony Spleenwort Fern (Asplenium platyneuron)
This is an upright growing wall fern with willow like leaves. |
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Hairy Lip Fern (Cheilanthis lanosa)
This has dark green convex multi-cut leaflets and reddish brown stems. |
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Polypody Fern (Polypodium virginianum)
This is a spreading hardy fern that lives mostly on rocks. |
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Resurrection Fern (Polypodium polypioides)
A spreading hardy fern that is similar to the Polypody but half it's size. |
Indigenous Perennial Ferns The 1st ones listed here are native to this area and some of them are the largest ones around. All of these ferns lose their leaves for the winter months. The 2 largest specimens that I have ever seen are the Cinnamon Fern (4'-6") and the Ostrich Fern (5'-9"). |
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Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteri)
This is a nice propogating fern. It can reach 6ft. |
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Interrupted Fern (Osmunda claytoniana)
Has a few spore-only leaflets in the middle of each mature frond. It can reach 3-4'. |
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Cinnamon Fern (Osmunda cinnamomea)
Looks like the Interrupted Fern but w/separate cinnamon colored spore fronds. |
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Royal Fern (Osmunda regalis)
Prefers shade and moisture. It's used as this background graphic and reaches 5'. |
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Northern Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum pedatum)
Prefers shade and well-drained soil. |
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New York or Tapering Fern (Thelypteris noveboracensis)
This is a small propogating fern. It can reach 1ft. |
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Hay-Scented Fern (Dennstaedtia punctilobula)
This is a propogating fern that is exudes a hay-like scent when damaged. |
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Broad Swamp Fern or Clinton's Wood Fern (Dryopteris clintoniana)
This is a swamp fern that needs wet soil. |
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Silvery Glade Fern (Athyrium thelypterioides)
This is a propogating swamp fern that needs wet soil. |
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Goldie's Wood Fern or Giant Wood Fern (Dryopteris goldiana)
This is a massive fern that needs wet soil and has many sub-varieties. |
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Lady Fern (Athyrium asplenioides)
A medium sized fern that lives in a wide range of moist conditions. |
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Brittle Fern (Crystopteris fragilis)
This is small delicate fern that lives mostly on rocks. |
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Blunt-Lobed Woodsia Fern (Woodsia obtusa)
This is light green delicate fern that lives mostly on rocks. |
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Net-Veined Chain Fern (Lorinseria areolata)
This is a lowland fern that needs adequate moisture. |
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Sensitive Fern or Bead Fern (Onoclea sensibilis)
It looks like the Net-Veined Chain Fern but lighter colored. |
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Glade or Narrow-Leaved Fern (Athyrium pycnocarpon)
It looks like a giant Boston Fern and grows in woodland glades. |
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27.
Walking Fern (Camptosorus rhizophyllus)
A small single-leafed fern whose leaf tips form new rooted plants. |
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28.
Harts-Tongue Fern (Phyllitis scolependrium)
This is a small single-leafed fern. It can reach 10". It may be from Oregon. |
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| Last updated: 08/29/1998 | |
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