General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Fern
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Leaves: Evergreen
Underground structures: Rhizome
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Miscellaneous: Epiphytic

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Common names
  • Antfern

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Location: My Garden
Date: 2014-05-16
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2017-12-05
Location: Conservatory, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Date: 2018-01-14
Polypodiaceae:  Lecanopteris mirabilis  - modified rhizomes calle
Location: Conservatory, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Date: 2018-01-14
Polypodiaceae:  Lecanopteris mirabilis - frond
Location: Conservatory, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Date: 2018-01-14
Polypodiaceae:  Lecanopteris mirabilis - Detail of scales.  The s
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2017-12-05
Location: My Garden
Date: 2014-05-16
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2017-12-05
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2017-12-05

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