Crested Wood Fern
Dryopteris cristata
Crested wood fern is a wetland fern of swamps and marsh edges, with distinctive ladder-like fertile fronds held stiffly upright. Tolerates standing water.
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae
- Type
- fern
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2.5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- wet, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Landscape uses
- rain garden, naturalizing
- Native states
- CT, IA, ID, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV