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Onoclea sensibilis / Sensitive Fern
PLANT COMMUNITY: Red maple swamp
NATIVE REGION: Eastern North America
MATURE SIZE: Height of 3-4′, spread of 3-4′
HABITAT/GROWING CONDITIONS: Swamps, wet woods, streams; best grown in organically rich, medium moisture, well-drained soil in part shade to full shade; needs consistent moisture; grows taller in wet soils which it tolerates well
ECO-INDICATOR: N/A
HARDINESS ZONE: 4-8
LEAF COLOR: Long-stalked, deeply pinnatifid, bright green fronds; leathery, triangular leaflets which have distinctively netted veins; shorter, erect, woody-like fertile fronds brown up in late summer and persist throughout the remaining season and winter
VALUE FOR REHABILITATION OF DISTURBED SITES: Onoclea sensibilis is useful for erosion control.
SOURCES: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/nvswcd/drainageproblem/plant-list.htm; http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=l300
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Onoclea sensibilis / Sensitive Fern
PLANT COMMUNITY: Red maple swamp
NATIVE REGION: Eastern North America
MATURE SIZE: Height of 3-4′, spread of 3-4′
HABITAT/GROWING CONDITIONS: Swamps, wet woods, streams; best grown in organically rich, medium moisture, well-drained soil in part shade to full shade; needs consistent moisture; grows taller in wet soils which it tolerates well
ECO-INDICATOR: N/A
HARDINESS ZONE: 4-8
LEAF COLOR: Long-stalked, deeply pinnatifid, bright green fronds; leathery, triangular leaflets which have distinctively netted veins; shorter, erect, woody-like fertile fronds brown up in late summer and persist throughout the remaining season and winter
VALUE FOR REHABILITATION OF DISTURBED SITES: Onoclea sensibilis is useful for erosion control.
SOURCES: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/nvswcd/drainageproblem/plant-list.htm; http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=l300
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