One doesn’t always think of ferns and Inland Northwest gardening in the same idea. Our climate isn’t anything like the West Side of the state, where sword fern can grow to 6 feet tall and ...

The native western sword fern, shown here surrounding the bird bath, can grow anywhere from 2 to 6 feet tall. It thrives in the moist, temperate climate of the Pacific Northwest and does well in a ...

The OregonianWestern sword fern (Polystichum munitum) nestles against another Northwest native, wood sorrel (Oxalis oregana). Delicate as lace, or seemingly tough as leather, ferns can be found in ...

A survey of toxins in other ferns would help our understanding of who eats ferns (lady fern, a common local species, is ... More than 75% of its diet consists of ferns, mostly bracken and sword fern.

Florida has the widest variety of ferns in the continental U.S. (only Hawaii and Puerto Rico have more), and 123 of these are native to the state. Gardening with ferns is relatively easy given the ...

Nurserymen discovered the sword fern, sometimes called the Florida wild fern, technically Nephrolepis exaltata, during the late 1800s. Put this plant in a pot inside a building, and soon fronds ...

WHAT: Sword fern, Polystichum munitum, is one of our most useful native ferns and a staple in the Northwest garden. Sword fern is evergreen and forms a shapely, arching mound.

One doesn’t always think of ferns and Inland Northwest gardening in the same idea. Our climate isn’t anything like the West Side of the state, where sword fern can grow to 6 feet tall and ...