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Blechnum spicant (Deer Fern)

Type: Species | Edit History      Plant ID - 17866



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Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Filicopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Blechnaceae
Genus: Blechnum
Species: Blechnum spicant
 
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  • Fern
  • Native
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Jewell (5504) wrote on Dec 20 2008
It is a native fern that is of medium size (which is hard to find one that stays a reasonable size). Although it likes more of a rain forest environment than my dry front yard it seems to be doing well under the shade of a semi-dwarf apple tree.

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Other names for this plant:
Blechnum spicant
Lomaria spicant
Osmunda spicant
Struthiopteris spicant



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