| Scientific Name: | Polystichum braunii |
| Common Name: | Braun's holly fern |
| Family Name: | Dryopteridaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. west of Cascades, Canada - eastern, Europe, S.E. Asia / Japan / China, U.S. - northeast, U.S. - northwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Fern |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Dense, Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Alpine, Container planting, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Small garden/space, Summer interest, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Fern-like, Basal, Leathery, Lustrous, Pubescent, Bipinnate, Lanceolate, Oblong, Ovate, Dentate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | |
| Fruit: | Sporangium (spores), Yellow, Brown, May-Jun |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Fronds 40-70cm long x 13-21cm wide, blade narrow at apex and base, 36-60 cm long × 14-24 cm wide at middle, bipinnate with 19-25 pairs of pinnae, 7-15cm long × 2.3-2.8cm wide at middle, densely arranged, lustrous, leathery, dark green; pinnules 6-17 pairs, alternate, sessile, oblong, 9-17mm long x 5-9mm wide, bristle-tipped; stipe and rachis are covered with silvery scales that mature to brown; sori dark greenish-brown before turning black, indusium present, 3-6 pairs on most pinnules. | |