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Davallia bullata

Davallia bullata
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0

Davallia bullata, the squirrel's-foot fern, is an epiphytic or rock-growing fern with creeping, hairy rhizomes that look like squirrel feet. It thrives in shade and humid conditions.

Family
Davalliaceae (Davalli family)
Grows as
Fern
Light
Part shade, Shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the rhizomes lightly moist and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, humus-rich mix such as orchid bark or fern mix with peat or coir.
Temperature
15–26 °C; protect below 10 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Safety
Not toxic to cats or dogs (ASPCA).
Native range
Himalaya to SC. China and N. Myanmar
Climate
temperate

About

Davallia bullata, the squirrel's-foot fern, is a fern in the family Davalliaceae found mainly in Japan and China. It grows well in shady places. It grows from 20 to 35 cm. It has deciduous bullata and its leaflets are linear.

Other Davallia plants

Hare's Foot Fern · Davallia denticulata · Davallia divaricata · Lacy Hare's Foot Fern · Squirrel’s Foot Fern · Davallia solida var. pyxidata · Davallia tasmani · Black Rabbit's Foot Fern · Davallia tyermanii · Ball Ferns

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Davallia bullata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.

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