 | Christmas Fern. Pretty and evergreen, the Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) occurs in both dry and moist wooded slopes, moist banks and ravines throughout the eastern half of the US! It typically grows in a fountain-like clump and features leathery, lance-shaped, evergreen fronds. It is green at Christmas time as the common name suggests. The cut-leaf arching sword-like fronds are divided into fine-textured toothy, stocking-shaped pinnae, that also keep with the Christmas theme! The crosiers (aka: young... - Christmas Fern. |
