Spinulose Wood Fern
Dryopteris carthusiana
Spinulose wood fern is an adaptable, lacy-fronded wood fern of moist forests and swamp edges, spreading gently into soft colonies in shade.
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae
- Type
- fern
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–3 ft
- Spacing
- 2–3 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Landscape uses
- rain garden, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV
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- Intermediate Wood Fern (Dryopteris intermedia)
- Marginal Wood Fern (Dryopteris marginalis)
- Spreading Wood Fern (Dryopteris expansa)
- Crested Wood Fern (Dryopteris cristata)
- Southern Wood Fern (Dryopteris ludoviciana)
- Goldie's Wood Fern (Dryopteris goldiana)