Scientific Name:	Woodwardia fimbriata
Pronunciation:	wood-WARD-ee-uh fim-bry-AH-tuh
Common Name:	giant chain fern
Family Name:	Blechnaceae
Plant Type:	Fern
Key ID Features:	Pinnae lower surface with chain-like rows of sori.
Course(s):	HORT 2355

Habit: Arching Form: Vase Texture: Medium - fine Mature Size: Height: 0.7 - 1.3m Spread: 1.5 - 2.0m Growth Rate: Fast Origin: B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest, U.S. - southwest Hardiness Rating: Zone 8a: (-12 to -9.5 C) Exposure: Filtered shade, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Landscape Uses: Waterside planting, Woodland margin Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Form: Compound, Fern-like Arrangement: Basal Texture/ Venation: Soft flexible Surfaces: Pubescent Compound Leaf: Tripinnate Colour in Fall: Yellow Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Linear, Ovate Apices: Acute Bases: Truncate Margins: Ciliate, Incised

Inflorescence Type: n/a Flower Morphology: n/a Colour (petals): No Flowers Flower Time at Peak:

Fruit Type: Sporangium (spores) Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time:

Bark or Stem Colour: n/a Additional Info: no above ground stem     Organ Modifications: Rhizomes

Location(s): (GAZ) GAZebo (WLG) WoodLand Garden Location Map

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