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Mountain Twinsorus Fern

Diplazium sibiricum

Mountain Twinsorus Fern
Photo: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0

Diplazium sibiricum is a hardy fern from cool temperate regions of northern Europe, Siberia and Japan, grown mainly as a shade-loving garden plant. It needs a cool, moist, shaded spot with humus-rich soil.

Family
Athyriaceae (Athyri family)
Grows as
Fern
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist and do not let it dry out.
Soil
Humus-rich, moist, well-drained woodland-type soil or leaf mould.
Temperature
Hardy in cool temperate climates; tolerates winter cold, protect from prolonged heat above 30 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
N. & NE. Europe to N. & C. Japan
Climate
temperate

About

Diplazium sibiricum, otherwise known as mole-ladder is a species of fern. It is found in Siberia, across Russia, in Finland, and in northern Asia. They can be found on elevations between 30m-3000m.

Other Diplazium plants

Deparia petersenii subsp. congrua · Diplazium assimile · Diplazium australe · Diplazium dietrichianum · Widened Twin Sorus Fern · Vegetable fern · Diplazium fraxinifolium · Peacock fern · Governor Laffan's Fern · Diplazium melanochlamys · Molokai twinsorus fern · Diplazium queenslandicum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Diplazium sibiricum 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.

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