Broad Beech fern, Phegopteris hexagonoptera

Broad Beech Fern is an attractive, colonizing fern with triangular fronds. A medium-sized attractive plant that can be used in moist woodland and naturalized areas in a shady native garden It prefers moist, rich, well-drained, acidic soils in partial to deep shade. The deciduous leaves are produced directly from the shallow rhizomes in spring. Click for more information




Triangular shaped frond. Photo by K. Mulcahy

A colony in my woods. There is something very soothing about an expanse of ferns. Photo by K. Mulcahy

Sources https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants, https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=caam2, other authoritative resources, and personal experience.