Species Photo Common Name Scientific Name Height Width Sun Water Use Moisture Bloom Period Flower Color Fruit Period Fruit Color Fruit Type Edible Parts Fall Color Wildlife Zone Recommended

Maiden Hair Fern Adiantum pedatum 1'-2' 1'-2' part shade High to Medium Wet to Mesic 3-4

Lady Fern Athyrium filix-femina 1'6"-2' part shade Wet to Mesic 4-5

Glade Fern ref Diplazium pycnocarpon 1'6"-3' part Wet-Mesic

Oak Fern ref Gymnocarpium dryopteris 6"-1' 1' part shade Wet to Mesic Deer Resistant Groundcover

Ostrich Fern Matteuccia struthiopteris 2'-4' full part shade Wet to Mesic 3-4

Sensitive Fern Onoclea sensibilis 1'-2' full part shade High to Medium Wet to Mesic 3-5

Cinnamon Fern Osmunda cinnamomea 3'-4' 2' part shade High to Medium Mesic 3-5

Royal Fern Osmunda regalis 3'-6' 2'-3' part shade Wet to Mesic June-August Deer Resistant

Christmas Fern Polystichum acrostichoides 2'-3' 1'-3' part shade Mesic to Dry 3-8 Groundcover

Bracken Fern ref Pteridium aquilinum