Matteuccia struthiopteris (Ostrich Fern)

A great woodland garden fern that is the most widely cultivated in the Chicago area. Arching elegance in mass plantings. Spreads slowly, but can take over a large space over time.  It is however, easily controlled by digging the root corms as the need arises to control its spread.

This Species Genotype is Unknown From the Greater Midwest 

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