| Dry | Shade or semi-shade, well drained but not dust dry |
| Dry/Wet | Moist shade or semi-shade, preferably on the dryish side, a typical shady border often with some trees overhead |
| Wet/Dry | Moist shade or semi-shade preferably on the wet side |
| Wet | Pond sides or boggy areas |
| Deciduous | Usually die back in first frost |
| Evergreen | Green all year but leaves may become untidy by spring |
| Wintergreen | Green in mild winter, fronds easily break in winter winds |
Bi-pinnate |
Leaflets arranged on both sides of the pinna midrib producing a fairly feathery frond |
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Fronds |
Fern leaf |
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Glaucous |
Having a bluish bloom |
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Lanceolate |
Lance-shaped, tapering at both ends, wider in lower third |
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Linear |
Much longer than wide, slender |
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Lobe |
A shall segment |
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Pinnate |
Having leaflets arranged on either side of rachis, like a feather |
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Pinna |
Primary division of pinnate blade |
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Rhizomes |
Thick horizontal underground stem whose buds develop into new plants |
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Tri-pinnate |
Leaflets arranged on both sides of the pinna midrib producing a very feathery frond- |