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Phegopteris hexagonoptera
Also called Broad Beech Fern, Southern Beech Fern
Broad beech fern is a common woodland fern of eastern North America that spreads from a creeping rootstock into loose clumps of broadly triangular fronds. It thrives in moist, shaded, undisturbed hardwood forest, so keep it cool, humid and evenly moist.
Phegopteris hexagonoptera, commonly called the broad beech fern, is a common forest fern in the eastern United States and adjacent Ontario. It grows from a creeping rootstock, sending up individual fronds that more or less clump. Its native habitat includes moist, undisturbed, hardwood forests.
The fronds are broadly triangular. The specific name hexagonoptera refers to the winging of leaf tissue along the rachis between the basal pinnae.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phegopteris hexagonoptera 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.
