The Christmas Fern ²

The Christmas fern lives in woody areas. They divide their roots into several different parts in the spring. The Christmas fern stays green all winter long. They prefer side banks and ravines to live. They will live direct as long as the soil is moist.

Niche
They are eaten by small animals like fox,deer, and other animals. The Christmas fern is a producer. It is fern that lives around here in the area, so start looking.

Sources:
http://www.naturehills.com/about-garden-plants/Christmas-fern

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Rafael Medina, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/copepodo/2923668186/
2. Adapted by mtastudent from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polystichum_acrostichoides

More Info

• iNat taxon page
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