licorice fern

© Greg Rabourn

Licorice fern on stump (enlarge)

Polypodium glycyrrhiza

Evergreen Groundcover

Height: 1.50 ft.

Availability: Low

Growing ease: Low

Moisture req.: moist

Exposure req.: part shade - shade

Plant description:

This fern is primarily found growing with mosses on rotting logs or in bigleaf maples. Attractive, but difficult to grow without a rotting log to plant it in.

Keywords: ferns, fire-resistant