Dryopteris cristata

Aspleniaceae

Coastal Plain, Mountain, Piedmont

Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia

Emergent Herbaceous (Can grow with roots in water), Fern

1.5 - 2.5ft

- ft

(inconspicuous)

;

Full Sun, Partial Sun, Shade

Clay, Loamy

Moist, Wet

-

evergreen

shallow emergent marsh, shrub swamp, hardwood swamp; wooded swamps or open shrubby wetlands

small rosette fronds