Wood Fern
Dryopteris sieboldii
Dryopteridaceae
Growth habit
Fern
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Japan, Taiwan
Location
Source of plant
Gossler Farms Nursery
Description
Rhizomes stout, short creeping, scales deciduous, linear, dark brown. Stipes 30-60cm, rather stout, stramineous. Fronds 20-50 x 20-35cm, broadly ovate, pinnate, pinnae in 2-5 pairs, linear-lanceolate to oblong lanceolate, oblique, acuminate, rounded at base, sessile or subsessile, coriaceous-chartaceous, pubescent beneath, sterile pinnae 10-30 x 3-7cm, crenate to mucronate-dentate, fertile pinnae 10-25 x 1.5-3.5cm, subentire to crenate; rachis 5-20cm, rather stout, stramineous.
USDA Hardiness Zone
8