Scientific Name:
Dryopteris cycadina
Pronunciation:
dry-OP-tur-iss sye-kad-EYE-nuh
Common Name:
shaggy shield fern
Family Name:
Dryopteridaceae
Plant Type:
Fern
Key ID Features:
Vase-shaped fern with short creeping rhizomes 45-70(-90)cm tall and as wide; fronds stiff, leathery, upright, once pinnate, with 20-30 pairs of narrow lance-shaped pinnae; stipe and rachis with black hair-like scales.
Habit:
Arching, Upright
Form:
Vase
Texture:
Medium - fine
Mature Height:
0.4 - 0.7m
Mature Spread:
0.3 - 0.6m
Growth Rate:
Fast
Origin:
S.E. Asia / Japan / China, South Asia / India
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Humus rich, Well-drained
Water Use:
Moderate
Landscape Uses:
Accent plant, Container planting, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Woodland margin
Additional Info:
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Compound, Fern-like
Arrangement:
Basal
Texture/Venation:
Leathery
Surfaces:
Compound Leaf:
Bipinnate
Colour in Fall:
Green-yellow
Shapes:
Lanceolate
Apices:
Acute
Margins:
Cleft (parted), Pinnately lobed
Inflorescence Type:
Flower Morphology:
Colour (petals):
No flowers
Flower Time at Peak:
Fruit Type:
Sporangium (spores)
Fruit Colour:
Brown
Fruiting Time:
Bark or Stem Colour:
Additional Info:
no above ground stem
Organ Modifications:
Rhizomes
Propagation:
Spore, Division - below ground parts
Maintenance:
Low
Pest Susceptibility:
Rust
