Spinulose Wood Fern
Dryopteris carthusiana
Spinulose wood fern is an adaptable, lacy-fronded wood fern of moist forests and swamp edges, spreading gently into soft colonies in shade.
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae
- Type
- fern
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1.5–2.5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Landscape uses
- rain garden, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AK, CT, DE, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV