Scientific Name:	Athyrium filix-femina
Pronunciation:	uh-THEER-ee-um FYE-licks FEM-ih-nuh
Common Name:	lady fern
Family Name:	Athyriaceae
Plant Type:	Fern
Key ID Features:	Fronds deciduous, thrice pinnate, elliptical, grooved rachis, up to 90 cm long, stipe may have long, brown papery scales near the base, arising from a clump (not along a rhizome); sori dot-like on undersides of pinnae, up to 6 per pinnule, indusium light brown, kidney-shaped.
Course(s):	HORT 2355, Level 2 Apprenticeship

Habit: Arching Form: Vase Texture: Fine Mature Size: Height: 1.3 - 2.0m Spread: 1.0 - 1.5m Growth Rate: Fast Origin: B.C. east of Cascades Hardiness Rating: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 C) Exposure: Deep shade, Filtered shade, Full sun, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Bog, Humus rich Water Use: Moderate, Wetlands Landscape Uses: Group or mass planting, Waterside planting, Wetland - bogs, Woodland margin (Caution: poisonous parts) Additional Info: Google. Cultivars on campus include A. 'Metallicum.

Leaf Morphology: Form: Compound, Fern-like Arrangement: Basal Texture/ Venation: Soft flexible Surfaces: Glabrous Compound Leaf: Bipinnate Colour in Fall: Yellow, Brown Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Elliptic, Oblanceolate Margins: Pinnately lobed Additional Info: Leaves variegated, diamond shaped, cv Minutissima is dwarf growing to 30 cm with a spread of 45 cm

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

Fruit Type: Sporangium (spores) Fruit Colour: Brown, Dark-red Fruiting Time: Jul, Aug

Bark or Stem Colour: n/a Additional Info: no stem

Propagation:	Spore, Division - below ground parts
Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Low maintenance plant
Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Rabbit resistant, Rust

Location(s): (GAZ) GAZebo (GAZN) GAZebo North (PPL) Pine PLanting (TFL) Turf Field Lab (TFLS) Turf Field Lab South (WLG) WoodLand Garden Location Map

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