Spinulose Woodfern, Narrow Buckler Fern, Toothed Wood Fern

This native species is offered for sale at a good number of larger garden centers in the East and Midwest USA. It is a slowly spreading c...Read Morelump of deep green, semi-evergreen, bipinnate fronds about 2 to 3 feet high. I easily transplanted some from a customer's yard to another part-shade site at a church building foundation.

Native to Canada, the northern and eastern United States (Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey...Read More, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Idaho, Montana, Washington, Arkansas, Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia), Europe, and Turkey.

It is considered a threatened species in the states of Arkansas and Tennessee, and is listed as exploitably vulnerable in the state of New York.