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Polystichum acrostichoides

Christmas fern
  • Photo by: Wasp32, from Wikipedia Commons. Cropped.

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

Christmas fern

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Polystichum acrostichoides

Familia:

Dryopteridaceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

fern

Tamaño:

to 2.5 ft tall by 1-2 ft wide 

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

Color de la fruta:

Fenología:

Semi-evergreen

Destacado por:

Interesting Foliage

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Treasure if you have it. Good for rock gardens and shade gardens as an understory plant.

Consideraciones:

Benefits from periodic removal of old fronds.

Disponibilidad:

Specialty Provider

Propagación:

Does not spread vegetatively; rare spread from spores.

Luz:

Shade

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Somewhat moist, no flooding -a- Not wet but not extremely dry

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand, Lime Rock

pH del suelo:

Circum-neutral to calcareous.

Apto para cultivo en:

8A,8B,9A

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Distribution
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Hábitats nativos:

Rocky hammocks and upper margins of swamps.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Comentarios generales:

The range of this species includes much of eastern North America up into southern Canada.  Its occurrence in Florida is sparse with appropriate substrate likely being the primary determining factor.
FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Huegel, Craig N. (2012). Native Wildflowers and Other Ground Covers for Florida Landscapes. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.


Missouri Botanical Garden. (Undated). Polystichum acrostichoides. ( https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a710 ). Accessed 2026. Missouri Botanical Garden, ST. Louis, MO.


Osorio, Rufino. (2001). A Gardener's Guide to Florida's Native Plants. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.


Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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