Gymnocarpium Species, Oak Fern, Western Oak Fern, Western Oakfern

I collected this plant from a location which is sloped and more exposured where it carpets the ground uniformly without any competiton fr...Read Moreom taller plants. It is more like bracken fern with its solitary stem but are much smaller, about 2 inches high and delicate. It is also slow to multiply and can be easily out competed by other species of plants and weeds so is a high maintaince plant. (my viewpoint - doesn't necessary reflects other people's experiences)

This fern is native to Canada, the United States (Alaska, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Yor...Read Morek, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, and Arizona), Europe, Siberia, China, and Japan.

It is considered an endangered/threatened species in the states of Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, and Ohio. Listed as exploitably vulnerable in the state of New York.