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Plant Habit: Fern
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: In Water
Wet
Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 12 +10 °C (50 °F) to +15.6 °C (60 °F)
Plant Height: 13 inches
Plant Spread: 6-8 inches
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Houseplant
Bog gardening
Uses: Water gardens
Resistances: Flood Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Toxicity: Other: Since its edibility is unknown, it is advised not to injest.
Propagation: Seeds: Other info: The fern leaves have spores on the bottom that plantlets grow from.
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Offsets
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Epiphytic
Conservation status: Least Concern (LC)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Least Concern
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Common names
  • Java Fern
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Microsorum pteropus
  • Synonym: Colysis pteropus

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Location: Fairfax, VA
algae problem
Location: North West New Jersey
Date: 2023-10-11

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