| Description | Bulblet Fern (Cystopteris bulbifera) An easy to grow Fern in the right conditions. Spreads by sort rhizomes and germinating spores from the bulblets. |
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| Plant Type | Ferns - Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-8 |
| Sunlight | light to medium shade |
| Moisture | moist |
| Soil & Site | moist well drained |
| Temperature | fibrous |
| Flowers | non-flowering plant |
| Fruit | round pea-like bublets on the underside of the frond |
| Leaves | arching fronds 1.5 to 2 feet long, forms a narrow triangle, bipinnate-pinnatifid, deciduous |
| Stems | short creeping rhyzomes |
| Roots | fibrous |
| Dimensions | 12 by 24 inches (HS), spreads to form small colonies |
| Propagation | naturally propagated by the bulblets falling off and germinating, division |
| Native Site | Found growing in Canada, eastern and central USA. Natural habitat is: cliffs, balds, or ledges, ridges or ledges, talus and rocky slopes |
| Misc Facts | AKA: Bulblet Bladder Fern, Berry Fern, Bulblet Fragile Fern |
| Author's Notes | The plants that I have observed for many years are growing on rocks in a shaded site near water. So I am assuming higher humidity. |
| Notes & Reference | #90-Ferns for American Gardens (John T Mickel), #153-Illinois Wild Flower (www.illinoiswildflowers.info) |
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