Dryopteris filix mas
The so-called "male fern" (though ferns are neither male nor female) has the same alternating-frond pattern as a wood fern but more robust, growing up to five feet tall. Needs regular water.
Fronds in alternating pattern
Robust fiddleheads.
20x microscope view of a sorus with sporangia emerging at the underside of a frond.
Check availability of Dryopteris filix mas at the nursery
Check availability of Dryopteris at the nursery
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