• Scaly male fern

Dryopteris affinis

  • Families: Dryopteridaceae Dryopteridoideae
  • English name: Scaly male fern
  • Plant ID : 5997

  • Author : (Richard Thomas Lowe (1802-1874)) Christopher Roy Fraser-Jenkins (1948-)
  • Zone : Mediterranean
  • Biological type : fern
  • Adult size (h x w) : 2,95f x 2,95f
  • Sun exposure : shadow
  • Evergreen : evergreen
  • Growth : slow
  • Hardiness : 5°F
  • Leaf color : dark green
  • Formerly of wild origin : yes
  • Native : yes
  • In danger : no
  • Edible : no
  • Precipitation : > 900mm
  • FrostResistance >-5°C : yes
  • FrostResistance >-8°C : yes
  • FrostResistance >-12°C : yes
  • Gravelly soil : very much
  • Acidic soil : very much