Acrostichum danaeifolium
giant leather fern
Nomenclature
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Family:
Pteridaceae
Plant Specifics
Form:
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Life Span:
Long-lived perennial
Flower Color:
Fruit Color:
Phenology:
Noted For:
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
Specimen plant or mass background planting in moist areas. Could be used as a hedge. As this fern gets very tall, it is not appropriate as a groundcover.
Considerations:
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Moisture Tolerance:
Always Flooded---------------------------------Extremely Dry
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Aquatic -to- Usually moist, occasional inundation
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
High. Can tolerate significant and ongoing amounts of salt.
Soil or Other Substrate:
Sand, Clay, Loam, Organic
Soil pH:
Suitable to Grow In:
9A,9B,10A,10B,11
Ecology
Wildlife:
Used as cover.
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Comments:
Ethnobotany:
Fiddleheads are edible. Fronds have been used as thatch.
General Comments:
Can be cut back to improve appearance, but should not be severely pruned more than once a year.
Spores cover undersides of leaves giving them a bi-color appearance.
