Deer Fern
Struthiopteris spicant
A tidy evergreen fern with two kinds of fronds: a flat rosette of sterile blades and stiffly upright fertile ones. Elegant in moist, acidic shade and important winter browse for deer and elk.
- Family
- Blechnaceae
- Type
- fern
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3.5–3.5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Landscape uses
- erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AK, CA, ID, OR, WA