Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Native mostly in the northern half of the Mid-Atlantic Region,* Ostrich Fern is indigenous in only three places in Virginia, including along the Potomac River in Arlington and Fairfax counties. It requires a large landscape to show off to full advantage its long, finely dissected fronds, suggestive of ostrich plumes.
Print Version: Matteuccia struthiopteris, Ostrich Fern
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