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Dryopteris marginalis |
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| Common name |
leather wood fern; marginal shield fern |
| Family |
dryopteridaceae |
| Life cycle |
evergreen fern (Z4-8) |
| Size |
12-24" |
| Light |
part-full shade |
Clump-forming fern native to the Eastern United States, with a reputation for toughness. I enjoy watching their curled-up new fiddlehead fronds emerge in late April. Not long after that, the plant all the way up, displaying its intricate frond pattern.
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. About my plant portraits
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