Athyrium pyconcarpon

Fern - TN Ostrich

                                     ID#  880

 

Stonehenge

 
  Stonehenge
 
HEIGHT X SPREAD: 2-3 feet x 2 feet PLANT TYPE:perennial fern, deciduous GROWTH RATE: fast TEXTURE: fine LIGHT: Part sun to full shade WATER: keep moist SOIL: rich & moist
As observed in Central, NC. BLOOMS: N/A FRUIT AND SEED: microspores KEY FEATURES: prefers continuous moisture, spreads rapidly. Fronds have a distinctive dark color rib.
A year cycle in the life of ...... at Stonehenge Planted as bare root. March 22, 2014. Two rows from path towards wall. -2” mulch place on top of root may have delay the emrging fronds. -June 6, all plants are emerging.

Also known as Glade fern .

Green, arching fronds in a circular cluster of 5 or 6; 20-40 pairs of not opposite, undivided lance-shaped pinnae; pinnae have smooth margins, sharp, pointed tips and are reduced at base; fertile fronds are narrower, more erect and have a longer stipe; rachis is pale green and slightly hairy beneath; long sori, slightly curved run from midvein almost to margin; new fronds produced during summer.

June 2014

June 2014

Emerging June 2014

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