Northern Lady-fern
Athyrium filix-femina ssp. angustum
Description:
Light green fern growing up to three feet tall. Fronds have twenty to thirty pairs of elliptic leaflets. Widest part of the frond is in the middle. Spores are yellow and mature in the summer. They prefer to grow in moist, acidic soil in part shade in uplands and wetlands.
Plant Overview:
Other Common Names: | Subarctic Lady-fern |
Plant Family: | Aspleniaceae |
Plant Duration: | Perennial |
Plant Type: | Ferns |
Fruit Timing: | Spores mature early July to early Sept |
Global and State Rank: | G5T5, S5 |
Commercially available landscape plant? | No |
Soil Characteristics: | |
Soil Moisture: | Moist |
Soil pH: | Acidic |
Light Needs: | |
Opitmal Light: | Partial shade |
Light Range: | Partial Shade |
Water Needs of Plant: | |
Soil Moisture: | Moist |