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Native mostly in the northern half of the Mid-Atlantic Region, Ostrich Fern requires a large landscape to show off to full advantage its long, finely dissected fronds, suggestive of ostrich plumes.
Photo: Wikimedia Commons | Public Domain
Larval Host for the
3-6'
5-8'
SIZE
SOIL
Moist, Wet, Acidic, Humus, Rich
LIGHT
Part Shade, Shade, Sun
BENEFITS
Birds, Toads, Small Mammals
NOTES
Can form large colonies. Fiddleheads are a gourmet edible food in New England.
CHARACTERISTICS
Tolerates Rabbits, Tolerates Clay, Spreads Quickly
Non-Flowering
Fern
This
flowers in
Ostrich Fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris
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DESCRIPTION
Native mostly in the northern half of the Mid-Atlantic Region, Ostrich Fern requires a large landscape to show off to full advantage its long, finely dissected fronds, suggestive of ostrich plumes.
Photo: Wikimedia Commons | Public Domain
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