| Scientific Name: | Phegopteris decursive-pinnata |
| Common Name: | Japanese beech fern |
| Family Name: | Thelypteridaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Fern |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Perennial border, Rock garden, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Fern-like, Basal, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Bipinnate, Linear |
| Flowers: | |
| Fruit: | Sporangium (spores), Brown, Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Smaller fern; fronds light green, pinnae are wider at the base and fused to the rachis (kind of like webbed feet); spores in single rows, tan colour. | |