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Hansen's Northwest Native Plant Database |
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Hansen's Northwest Native Plant Database |
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Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum
(Lady Fern)
Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Division Pteridophyta – Ferns Class Filicopsida Order Polypodiales Family Dryopteridaceae – Wood Fern family Genus Athyrium Roth – ladyfern Species Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth – common ladyfern Subspecies Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth ssp. cyclosorum (Rupr.) C. Chr. – subarctic ladyfern |
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An excellent deciduous native fern which may reach 6’ tall. Spreading fan-like from their base, the fronds each form a diamond of feathery foliage. Select a sheltered spot to protect the delicate, yellow-green herbage from wind damage. Lady fern likes moist, even boggy, soil and shade. Beautiful at the back of a border, the wonderful large fronds of Lady Fern are tall enough for underplanting with smaller woodland perennials such as Wild Ginger (Asarum caudatum), Bunchberry (Cornus unalaschkensis) or Western Trillium (Trillium ovatum ssp. ovatum). Found growing across North America, Lady fern is considered threatened in both New York and Florida. It is hardy from USDA zones 4-8. Native Americans ate the “fiddleheads” of this species. |
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Original book source: Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé Flora von Deutschland,
Österreich und der Schweiz 1885, Gera, Germany Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber |
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