Thelypteris palustris (Marsh fern)
Other names: Ground fern, Marsh buckler fern, Thelypteris thelypteroides, Eastern marsh fern, Meadow fern
T. palustris is a rhizomatous, deciduous fern with erect, long-stalked, lance-shaped, pinnate, light green fronds divided into deeply lobed, narrowly lance-shaped pinnae.
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1m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Dryopteris affinis (Polydactyla Group) 'Polydactyla Dadds' (Scaly male fern 'Polydactyla Dadds')
Other names: Many-fingered male fern 'Polydactyla Dadds', Golden male fern 'Polydactyla Dadds'
'Polydactyla Dadds' is a vigorous, erect, semi-evergreen fern forming a rosette of narrow, arching, dark green fronds with multi-forked pinnae.
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1m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Dryopteris x australis (Dixie wood fern)
Other names: Dixie woodfern
D. x australis is a robust, clump-forming, deciduous to semi-evergreen fern with narrow, erect, glossy, lance-shaped, bipinnate, dark green fronds.
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0.6m 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 |
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 |
Dryopteris x complexa 'Crispa Angustata' (Robust male fern 'Crispa Angustata')
'Crispa Angustata' is a vigorous, semi-evergreen fern with lance-shaped, 2-pinnate to pinnatisect, crisped, pale green fronds that mature dark green.
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0.45m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Dryopteris affinis 'Cristata Angustata' (Scaly male fern 'Cristata Angustata' )
'Cristata Angustata' is a vigorous, semi-evergreen fern forming a rosette of narrow, erect, arching, crested fronds that open golden-green when young and turn bright green as they mature.
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1m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Osmunda cinnamomeum (Cinnamon fern)
Other names: Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.9m 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 |
Polypodium polypodioides (Resurrection fern)
Other names: Phelopeltis polypodioides
P. polypodioides is a clump-forming, epiphytic or terrestrial, semi-evergreen fern with oblong to narrowly triangular, pinnate, leathery, scaly, mid-green fronds divided into well-spaced, linear or oblong pinnae.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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