| Scientific Name: | Cyrtomium falcatum |
| Common Name: | Japanese holly fern |
| Family Name: | Dryopteridaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China, South Asia / India |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Fern, Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Alpine, Container planting, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Perennial border, Rock garden, Small garden/space, Summer interest, Waterside planting, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Alkaline, Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Fern-like, Basal, Leathery, Glabrous, Lustrous, Odd-pinnate, Ovate, Dentate |
| Flowers: | |
| Fruit: | Sporangium (spores), Brown, Jun-Jul, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Fronds evergreen, leathery, glossy, dark green (resembles mahonia or holly to some), 30-70cm long, once-pinnate, pinnae curved forward (falcate), most 8-10cm long x 3-5cm wide; sori randomly scattered on lower surface. | |