Rhizomes of juvenile sporophytes of blechnum spicant l. Blechnum in some classification systems placed in family polypodiaceae. Care tips gibbum is a tropical plant and cannot tolerate any frost. It is native to europe, western asia, northern africa, and western north america. Blechnum are mostly native to mediumaltitude tropical areas, where they grow in conditions that would be familiar to. It can grow 4560cm tall and 4590cm wide, and remains green and fertile for most of the year. Native primarily to coastal forests, this mediumsized, evergreen fern has glossy, erect, fronds. Plants form a wide, low clump of sterile fronds or leaves, with fertile.
The scale fern, or scaly spleenwort the msallleaved gymnogram the common hard fern names bradbury, henry, 18311860 illustrator lindley, john, 17991865 editor moore, thomas, 18211887 author collection. Evergreen pinnate fronds to 1m 3ft on brownscaly stalks. Buy blechnum spicant online from jacksons nurseries. Read and download our funfilled activity book the great gorge. Deer fern is dimorphic, having two strikingly different types of fronds. This is a rather small tree fern that hails from the cool mountain cloud forests and grasslands of new guinea at very high elevations. Blechnaceae chain fern family medicinal use of hard fern.
Cooperative extension, which staffs local offices in all 100 counties and with the eastern band of cherokee indians. The unusual texture provided by its linear segments is a great addition to the border in front of my fallblooming camellias. Blechnum spicant fern with erect fronds of europe and western north america. Information and translations of blechnum spicant in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. Hardy ferns blechnum spicant from burncoose nurseries available online to buy information. While every effort has been made to provide the most reliable and uptodate information available, ultimate legal requirements with respect to species are contained in. Pdf growth and gender in the gametophyte of blechnum spicant l. It can be grown in the garden bed or in a container. Growth and gender in the gametophyte of blechnum spicant l. Sterile fronds are evergreen, dark green, and thick, with 3570 pairs of leaflets, the stalk is glossy purplish brown. The blechnum genus is not particularly common as houseplants, which is a shame because there are some beautiful species of fern in this group.
Place of origin europe, northern asia, north america. Hard fern blechnum spicant british plants woodland trust. The leaflets have been chewed in the treatment of internal cancer, lung disorders and stomach problems. Blechnum, known as hard fern, is a genus of ferns in the family blechnaceae, subfamily blechnoideae, according to the pteridophyte phylogeny group classification of 2016 ppg i. If you a looking for dwarf tree fern, blechnum gibbum or silver lady fern could well be it. Blechnum now a small genus that retains species such as b. Blechnum gibbum silver lady, actually grows like a small tree fern, this fern will form a slender trunk with age. Blechnum definition of blechnum by the free dictionary. It likes a rich potting soil that drains well but retains water. They grow directly opposite each other on the stem which gives them a herringbone appearance. Hardy ferns blechnum spicant from burncoose nurseries.
Itis taxonomy is based on the latest scientific consensus available, and is provided as a general reference source for interested parties. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. It will form a small trunk in time up to about 30cm. Blechnum spicant hard fern, deer fern pfaf plant database. Deer fern is a major understory plant in most moist coniferous forests in our region. However, it is not a legal authority for statutory or regulatory purposes.
Buy hard fern, deer fern blechnum spicant evergreen fern for acid soil. Struthiopteris our native hard fern blechnum spicant becomes struthiopteris spicant a name that was well known in the past. Blechnum spicant, is a species of fern in the family blechnaceae, known by the common names hardfern or deer fern. The long, glossy, evergreen pinnatifid sterile fronds form a fairly horizontal crown, above which the fertile fronds rise upright fertile fronds forming separate ring, which then turns brown in high summer.
Two very different circumscriptions of the genus are used by different authors. Genus blechnum are mostly evergreen ferns with erect or creeping rhizomes and simply pinnate, leathery fronds, the fertile ones usually erect, the sterile often spreading details b. Fertile and sterile fronds those that produce spores and those that do not are different in shape, which creates a distinctive foliage texture and tonal contrast on the same plant. Lord howe island this species can grow up to 16 ft. Dec 05, 2016 pacific northwest native plant profile. The latin specific epithet spicant is of uncertain origin, possibly referring to a tufted or spiky habit. United states, ca, san francisco, golden gate park, strybing arboretum. Hardy ferns blechnum pennamarina from burncoose nurseries available online to buy information. Blechnum are mostly native to mediumaltitude tropical areas, where they grow in conditions that would be familiar to any fern grower. Blechnum spicant synonyms, blechnum spicant pronunciation, blechnum spicant translation, english dictionary definition of blechnum spicant. Blechnum gibbum is a genus of the species blechnum that belongs to the blechnaceae hard fern family. Blechnum spicant deer fern photo courtesy of edgeplot. It is in leaf all year, and the seeds ripen from june to august.
Blechnum spicant, is a species of fern in the family blechnaceae. Hardy ferns blechnum chilense from burncoose nurseries available online to buy information. Hardy ferns blechnum chilense from burncoose nurseries. Spicant means spiked referring to the erect fertile fronds. Noted for its unique and distinctive type of fronds, blechnum spicant hard fern is a charming, tufted, evergreen fern with interesting foliage texture. While its evergreen sterile fronds spread horizontally from a basal tuft, to form a neat arching mound of finely cut foliage, its fertile fronds rise straight up above this mound before drying out and withering away in fall. Learn where to find it, how it supports wildlife and much more. We encourage links to these pages, but the content may not be downloaded for reposting, repackaging, redistributing, or sale in any form. The fronds are used externally as a medicine for skin sores. Used mainly as houseplant outside its native habitat it can be successfully grown in the garden in frost free areas.
It is native to northwestern north american from alaska to british columbia, washington, oregon, a small corner of northern idaho and california. Phytochrome diversity in green plants and the origin of. Like some other species in the family blechnaceae, it has two types of leaves. The deciduous fertile fronds grow from near the middle of the plant with leaflets much smaller than those on sterile leaves, with some rolled around the clusters of spores. Blechnum gibbum silver lady fern nurseries online australia. Blechnum spicant deer fern, hard fern north carolina. The currently accepted scientific name of deer fern is blechnum spicant l. This fern is native to the pacific northwest, growing in moist, shady woodland situations. Blechnum orientale midsorus fern blechnum polypodioides narrowleaf midsorus fern blechnum serrulatum toothed midsorus fern blechnum spicant deer fern blechnum underwoodianum. Blechnum synonyms, blechnum pronunciation, blechnum translation, english dictionary definition of blechnum.
Blechnum spicant is suitable for light shaded to shaded places. Micropropagation and phase change in blechnum spicant and. The record derives from tropicos data supplied on 20120418 which reports it as an accepted name record 26614187 with original publication details. Great plant picks blechnum spicant is a charming native fern that is one of the best textural plants for the woodland garden. The palm like fronds will form a crown about 3 foot across in time creating a very tropical looking plant. Blechnum spicant deer fern, hard fern north carolina extension. Medium 1 to 3 in height or spread in 5 years light requirements. Deer fern chain fern familyblechnaceae blechnum spicant l. Carry on browsing if youre happy with this, or find out how to manage cookies. Classification for kingdom plantae down to species blechnum spicant l. The forest service and blm list deer fern as sensitive in idaho 30. The growth and gender in the gametophyte of blechnum spicant l. The sterile fronds are lanceshaped to narrowly elliptic, whereas the. Plant profile for blechnum spicant deer fern perennial.
Blechnum gibbum silver lady fern the silver lady fern or dwarf tree fern. Hardy ferns blechnum pennamarina from burncoose nurseries. Guaranteed best value, low prices, fast delivery, special offers. Fern blechnum spicant deer fern buy online at annie. An blechnum in nahilalakip ha familia nga blechnaceae. No expert verified images found for struthiopteris spicant. The sterile leaves have flat, wavymargined leaflets 5 to 8 millimeters wide, while the. Yes we finally have something to offer all you pteridomaniacs out there thats fernlovers, for all of you wondering and this should make the endemiphytomaniacs which is a word i just made up for you nativeplantaholics pretty pleased, too. Distribution of blechnum spicant click here to view the full interactive map and legend introduction deer fern is a perennial evergreen fern species that is circumpolaralthough widely disjunctin distribution douglas et al. As the stipe mature the scales fall leaving the thick light green stipe visible. Deer fern, blechnum spicant zones 5 to 8, was new to my garden in spring of 2010 so, despite its moist native habitat, it survived this summers recordbreaking heat and drought. It will cope with a wide range of conditions, including dry, frosts, and full sun to shade. Deer fern blechnum spicant posted on december 5, 2016 by eileen stark since winter is well on its way, this seems like a good time to give a nod to a distinctive evergreen fern that brings elegance and function to moist, west coast coniferous forests, as well as shady gardens.