| Description | This is the wild Japanese fern. Lesser know than the cultivars of Japanese Painted Fern. |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | (uh-THEE-ree-um) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Ferns - Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | filtered, dabbled sun |
| Moisture | average, moist |
| Soil & Site | average, humusy |
| Flowers | Ferns do not produce flowers. They were around prior to the evolution of the flowering plants (angiosperms). This fern produces its spores on the bottom of pinnae |
| Leaves | green blade is oval, bipinnate, toothed sections, reddish rachis and pinna bases short creeping rhizomes, deciduous |
| Dimensions | 8-20 inch arching fronds, spreads by rhizomes |
| Propagation | spores, division in the spring |
| Native Site | Native to eastern Asia. |
| Misc Facts | The genus name Athyrium, from the Greek, a, "without" and qureos (thureos), "shield". |
| Notes & Reference | #90-Ferns for American Gardens (John T Mickel) |
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