| Scientific Name: | Nephrolepis exaltata |
| Common Name: | Boston fern |
| Family Name: | Nephrolepidaceae |
| Origin: | Africa - northern, Caribbean Island, Central America, Mexico, South America, South Asia / India |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Fern, Indoor foliage plant |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Upright |
| Form: | Mounded, Weeping |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Hanging basket, Indoor plant |
| Exposure: | Filtered shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Fern-like, Basal, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Even-pinnate, Deltoid, Linear, Serrate, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | |
| Fruit: | Sporangium (spores), Brown, Black |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Arching habit with weeping form; fronds sword-shaped, most indoor cvs. 35-90(-150)cm long x 7-10(-18) cm wide, pinnae deltoid-linear, 2-5(-8)cm long x 6-9mm wide, and shallow toothed; sori with indusia along margins on underside of pinnae. | |