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Ussuri Weeping Fern

Lepisorus ussuriensis

Also called Ussurian Scaly Polypody

Lepisorus ussuriensis is a small temperate fern from East Asia that grows on rocks or tree bark, with a creeping rhizome. It is rarely grown as a houseplant, so care is best modelled on its natural cool, shaded, moist-but-drained habitat.

Family
Polypodiaceae (Polypody fern family)
Grows as
Fern
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep the rhizome and roots lightly moist and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining mix such as fine bark, grit and peat, or a rock-garden or mounted setting.
Temperature
10–24 °C; tolerates cold winters outdoors, protect from hard frost in containers.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Russian Far East to N. & E. China and Korea, Japan
Climate
temperate

About

Lepisorus ussuriensis is a species of fern belonging to the family Polypodiaceae.

It is native to the southern Russian Far East to China and Korea.

Other Lepisorus plants

Lepisorus squamatus · Lemmaphyllum · Lepidomicrosorium subhastatum · Neolepisorus fortunei · Lepisorus microphyllus · Weeping fern · Lepisorus · Chinese fern · Neocheiropteris · Neolepisorus · Paragramma · Tricholepidium

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lepisorus ussuriensis 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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