Scientific Name:
Dryopteris filix-mas
'Crispa Cristata'
Pronunciation:
dry-OP-tur-iss FIE-licks MASS
Common Name:
crested male fern
Family Name:
Dryopteridaceae
Plant Type:
Fern, Semi-evergreen
Key ID Features:
Wavy, lime-green frond has pinnae that twist skyward and curl at the tips (reminiscent of curled parsely); sori only toward the tip of the frond, light brown.
Habit:
Arching, Upright
Form:
Vase
Texture:
Medium - fine
Mature Height:
0.4 - 0.7m
Mature Spread:
0.3 - 0.6m
Growth Rate:
Fast
Origin:
B.C. west of Cascades, Garden origin, U.S. - northwest
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Exposure:
Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Bog, Humus rich
Water Use:
Wetlands
Landscape Uses:
Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Specimen plant, Waterside planting, Wetland - bogs
Additional Info:
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Compound, Fern-like
Arrangement:
Basal
Texture/Venation:
Soft flexible
Surfaces:
Compound Leaf:
Odd-pinnate, Tripinnate
Colour in Fall:
Green
Shapes:
Oblanceolate, Oblong
Apices:
Acuminate
Bases:
Obtuse
Margins:
Double serrate
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:
(Pest resistant, Disease resistant)
Course(s):
- HORT 2355
Location(s):
- (BUG) BUG garden : under maple
- (GAZ) GAZebo
- (GAZN) GAZebo North : q.1