California Polypody
Polypodium californicum
California polypody is a small evergreen fern that greens up with winter rains on shaded rocks and banks, then rests through the dry summer. A natural for California shade gardens.
- Family
- Polypodiaceae
- Type
- fern
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.5–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Landscape uses
- groundcover, container, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- CA