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Polystichum polyblepharum
Also called Korean tasselfern, Korean Rockfern, Korean Rock Fern, Mourning Shield Fern, Tsushima Holly Fern, Tsushima Shield Fern
Japanese tassel fern is an evergreen fern native to Japan and South Korea that forms clumps of arching fronds up to about 1 m tall and wide. It does best in shade with cool, moist, well-drained soil.
Polystichum polyblepharum, the Japanese lace fern or tassel fern, is a species of plant in the wood fern family Dryopteridaceae, native to Japan and South Korea. Growing to 1 m (3.3 ft) tall and broad, it forms clumps ("shuttlecocks") of evergreen fronds.
The Latin specific epithet polyblepharum means "many eyelashes". and refers to bristles on the stipe and rachis (parts of the stem).
Christmas fern · Hard shield-fern · Western swordfern · Black Shield Fern · Soft Shield Fern · Korean rockfern · Hollyfern
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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.
