Cinnamon Fern
Osmunda cinnamomea
Cinnamon fern forms stately vase-shaped clumps with cinnamon-colored fertile fronds standing among the green, a bold native for wet, acidic shade and bog edges.
- Family
- Osmundaceae
- Type
- fern
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–4 ft
- Spacing
- 2–3 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- wet, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Landscape uses
- rain garden, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV