Braun's Holly Fern

Polystichum braunii Polypodiaceae

Other names

Bear'S Bed, Shield Fern

Growth habit

Fern

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Northwestern N. America, Europe, China and Japan

Location

Floriculture War Memorial Trail, Comstock Knoll and Rhododendron Collection, Zucker Shrub Collection

Source of plant

Sunny Border Ohio, Shady Oaks Nursery, Sunny Border Nurseries

Description

Fronds 10"-28" long, erect and arching, evergreen, bipinnate, the pinnules leathery and bristle-toothed. Fiddleheads, stipe and rachis densely covered with silver scales which mature to tan.

USDA Hardiness Zone

3

Special characteristics

foliage characteristics