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Adiantum capillus-veneris (True maidenhair fern)

Other names: Capillaire, Dudder grass, Venus's hair, Venus maidenhair, Southern maidenhair, Black maidenhair, Maidenhair fern

A. capillus-veneris is a clump- or mat-forming, deciduous or evergreen fern with glossy, black stems bearing triangular fronds divided into numerous, fan-shaped segments.
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0.4m max. spread

0.3m max. height

10-20 years to maturity

Davallia mariesii (Squirrel's foot fern)

Other names: Ball fern, Japan hare's foot fern

D. mariesii is a clump-forming, epiphytic, deciduous fern with creeping rhizomes covered in brown scales and broad, triangular to ovate, finely cut, tri-pinnate, mid-green fronds with narrowly triangular or linear segments.
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1.5m max. spread

0.25m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Asparagus virgatus (African broom fern)

Other names: Treefern, Tiki, Asparagus tree fern, Broom fern, Broom asparagus, Protasparagus virgatus

A. virgatus is a tender to frost-hardy, bushy, clump-forming, evergreen perennial with feathery, linear, leaf-like, dark green stems and small, single, white flowers in late spring and early summer followed by small, round, orange-red fruit.
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0.6m max. spread

1m max. height

3-8 years to maturity

Platycerium bifurcatum (Common staghorn fern)

Other names: Australian elk's horn fern, Elkhorn fern, Antelope ears, Platycerium alcicorne

P. bifurcatum is a variable, evergreen, epiphytic fern with erect or horizontal, rounded, heart-shaped, or kidney shaped, mid-green sterile fronds turning brown with age and forked, densely hairy, grey-green fertile fronds with strap-shaped segments.
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0.9m max. spread

0.9m max. height

10-20 years to maturity

Polystichum polyblepharum (Japanese lace fern)

Other names: Japanese tassel fern, Tassel fern

P. polyblepharum is a clump-forming, evergreen fern with glossy, bipinnate, spreading, dark green fronds, yellow-green and hairy when young.
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1m max. spread

0.8m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Polystichum rigens (Rigid holly fern)

Other names: Tassel fern, Rigid tassel fern

P. rigens is a compact, mound-forming, evergreen fern with arching, triangular, leather, bipinnate, mid-green fronds with stiff, pointed tips.
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0.6m max. spread

0.4m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Cryptogramma crispa (Parsley fern)

Other names: Curled rock brake, Rock brake fern, European parlsey fern

C. crispa is a deciduous fern with parsley-like, upright fronds in spring and summer.
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0.5m max. spread

0.4m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Athyrium filix-femina 'Frizelliae' (Tatting fern)

Other names: Mrs. Frizell's lady fern, Lady fern 'Frizelliae' , Beaded lady fern

'Frizelliae' is an upright, clump-forming, slowly-spreading, deciduous fern bearing linear, arching, light green fronds with rounded, finely-lobed pinnae along each side of the midribs.
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0.4m max. spread

0.3m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Gymnocarpium dryopteris (Oak fern)

Other names: Western oak fern, Northern oak fern, Common oak fern, Gymnocarpium dysjunctum, Currania dryopteris

G. dryopteris is a low-growing, spreading, deciduous fern with triangular, 3-pinnate fronds, each segment (pinnae) is triangular and divided into oblong to ovate, toothed, scalloped segments. Fronds are light to yellow-green when young, turning dark green with age.
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0.5m max. spread

0.25m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Dryopteris erythrosora var. prolifica (Prolific copper shield fern)

Other names: Buckler fern, Japanese rosy fern, Lacy autumn fern

D. erythrosora var. prolifica is a semi-evergreen fern with crisp, arching fronds that emerge coppery-bronze, maturing to green.
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0.4m max. spread

0.6m max. height

5-10 years to maturity