FERN: Athyrium asplenioides (Lady Fern)

Posted on March 29, 2019 by MGNV Webmaster

Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic

Athyrium asplenioides ‘Victoriae’, (Southern) Lady Fern Photo by Elaine L. Mills, 2018-07-28, Meadowlark Botanical Gardens.
Athyrium asplenioides, (Southern) Lady Fern frond with sori. Photo by Elaine L. Mills, 2014-10-03 Meadowlark Botanical Gardens.
Athyrium asplenioides, (Southern) Lady Fern Photo by Elaine L. Mills, 2015-04-20, National Arboretum.
Athyrium asplenioides ‘Victoriae’, (Southern) Lady Fern Photo by Elaine L. Mills, 2018-07-28, Meadowlark Botanical Gardens.

Lady Fern (formerly A. filix-femina) typically grows in wooded ravines, moist woods, and floodplains from southern New England to the southern United Sates. This native is common throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region, except for northern/northeastern Pennsylvania where it is mostly absent. The delicate and graceful appearance of feathery fronds gives rise to its name. Learn more . . . 

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