Matteuccia struthiopteris (Ostrich fern)
Other names: Ostrich-feather fern, Shuttlecock fern
M. struthiopteris is a deciduous fern forming large erect rosettes with bright green, fronds surrounding shorter, brownish fronds.
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2.5m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Dennstaedtia punctilobula (North American hay-scented fern)
D. punctilobula is a deciduous fern with erect to arching, lance-shaped, yellow-green fronds with pinnate, linear segments.
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5m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Blechnum novae-zealandiae (Blechnum)
Other names: Blechnum capense
B. novae-zealandiae is a fern with green fronds which are flushed red when young.
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2m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Woodwardia unigemmata (Asian chain fern)
W. unigemmata is a spreading, evergreen fern with arching, broadly lance-shaped, pinnate fronds, bright red when young, fading to brown, then maturing to green. Pinnae are curved, lance-shaped, and finely toothed.
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3m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Other names: Adder's spit, Brake fern, Eagle brake, Eagle fern, Fern of God, Hog brake, Pasture brake, Western brackenfern, Decomposition brackenfern, Hairy brackenfern
P. aquilinum is a vigorous, coarse, rhizomatous, deciduous fern with arching to nearly horizontal, triangular, bi- or tri-pinnate, mid-green fronds.
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2m max. spread |
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1.2m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Woodwardia fimbriata (Giant chain fern)
W. fimbriata is a large evergreen fern with large, fairly erect, lance-shaped fronds.
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2m max. spread |
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2m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Onoclea sensibilis (Sensitive fern)
Other names: Bead fern, Japanese ostrich fern, Ostrich fern
O. sensibilis is a deciduous fern with broad, pale green, lobed fronds.
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2.5m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Nephrolepis exaltata (Sword fern)
Other names: Boss fern, Boston fern, Ladder fern
N. exaltata is a tender, clump-forming, evergreen fern with erect to arching, linear, fronds with toothed, sickle-shaped, light green pinnae.
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2m max. spread |
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2m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Dicksonia antarctica (Soft tree fern)
Other names: Australian tree fern, Tasmanian tree fern, Woolly tree fern
D. antarctica is an evergreen tree fern with a thick reddish-brown, fibrous, trunk-like stem topped with a rosette of long, arching, glossy, deeply divided, dark-green fronds.
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4m max. spread |
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4m max. height |
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20-50 years to maturity |
Dicksonia fibrosa (Golden tree fern)
Other names: Fibrous tree fern
D. fibrosa is an evergreen tree fern with a thick reddish-brown, fibrous trunk and large, arching, deeply divided, dark-green fronds. Due to the fronds being smaller than Dicksonia antarctica it is more suitable to the smaller garden or a courtyard setting.
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2m max. spread |
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2m max. height |
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20-50 years to maturity |
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