Botanical Name
Polystichum acrostichoides
Common Name
Christmas Fern
Wetland Status
FACU
Among the first crosiers to be seen in the spring are those of the Christmas Fern. It stays green right through the holiday season. It is a clumping fern, not forming a continuous carpet the way some ferns do. 1 1/2 - 2' tall, it can toelrate considerable sunlight if the soil is kept reasonably moist. Can be a good evergreen border or accent plant.