Oak Fern
Gymnocarpium dryopteris
Oak fern is a delicate, ground-hugging fern of cool northern forests, spreading by thin rhizomes into airy triangular-fronded carpets in deep shade.
- Family
- Cystopteridaceae
- Type
- fern
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.5–1 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Landscape uses
- groundcover, container, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AK, AZ, CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, UT, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY