| Scientific Name: | Dryopteris filix-mas 'Crispa Cristata' |
| Common Name: | crested male fern |
| Family Name: | Dryopteridaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. west of Cascades, Garden origin, U.S. - northwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Fern, Semi-evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Specimen plant, Waterside planting, Wetland - bogs |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | Bog, Humus rich |
| Leaves: | Compound, Fern-like, Basal, Soft flexible, Odd-pinnate, Tripinnate, Oblanceolate, Oblong, Double serrate |
| Flowers: | |
| Fruit: | Sporangium (spores), Brown |
| 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. | |