Campyloneurum phyllitidis

long strap fern

Polypodiaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

fern

Size:

2-3 ft

Life Span:

long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

Fruit Color:

Phenology:

winter dormant

Noted For:

Interesting Foliage

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Specimen plant in moist shade gardens. Grow it on downed logs, lower trunks of cypress, or on rock. Needs to be in a moist, humid environment.

Considerations:

Light:

Part Sun, Shade

Moisture Tolerance:

Stays wet ---- to ---- Somewhat moist, no flooding

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Lime Rock, Organic, Epiphytic

Suitable to Grow In:

9A,9B,10A,10B

Ecology

Wildlife:

Native Habitats:

Hammocks. Epiphytic on trees, and also occurs on fallen logs and on rocks.