Large fronds of sensitive fern are arched over other woodland plants.

A small patch of sensitive fern is growing on the forest floor out of decaying leaves.

A single sensitive fern frond is visible. The frond is divided into leaflets that are wavy on the edges.

Sensitive fern emerges and begins to unfurl in the spring forest.

A few fronds of sensitive fern are opening up in front of skunk cabbage.

A few fronds of sensitive fern are mostly open in front of a tree trunk.

Spring Sensitive Fern is seen here against the back ground of decaying leaves.

A large patch of sensitive fern is seen backlit here. All of the fronds are yellow-green.

Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensiblils)

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Sensitive Fern is found in a range of light conditions, but it is always found where there is ample moisture. The fronds are once-compound and the leaflets have wavy edges.

Sterile fronds are a yellow-green color. Fertile fronds are made up of tightly packed structures that hold the spores. They are dark in color and eventually turn black, overwintering this way, until spores are released the next spring. This fern can also spread by rhizome.

Sensitive Fern emerges in the spring after the danger of frost is past and wilts down in the fall at first frost.

Illinois Wildflowers mentions that imprints of ferns very similar to this were found dating back to the time of the dinosaurs!

Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis)

Michigan Flora reference page for state distribution: Sensitive Fern

height: 1-2.5 feet

soil: wet, rich

sun: partial sun, light shade

plant spacing: 18”

life cycle: perennial

family: Onacleaceae

Sizes:

2.5" pots quarts bare root

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Sensitive Fern is found in a range of light conditions, but it is always found where there is ample moisture. The fronds are once-compound and the leaflets have wavy edges.

Sterile fronds are a yellow-green color. Fertile fronds are made up of tightly packed structures that hold the spores. They are dark in color and eventually turn black, overwintering this way, until spores are released the next spring. This fern can also spread by rhizome.

Sensitive Fern emerges in the spring after the danger of frost is past and wilts down in the fall at first frost.

Illinois Wildflowers mentions that imprints of ferns very similar to this were found dating back to the time of the dinosaurs!

Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis)

Michigan Flora reference page for state distribution: Sensitive Fern

height: 1-2.5 feet

soil: wet, rich

sun: partial sun, light shade

plant spacing: 18”

life cycle: perennial

family: Onacleaceae

Sensitive Fern is found in a range of light conditions, but it is always found where there is ample moisture. The fronds are once-compound and the leaflets have wavy edges.

Sterile fronds are a yellow-green color. Fertile fronds are made up of tightly packed structures that hold the spores. They are dark in color and eventually turn black, overwintering this way, until spores are released the next spring. This fern can also spread by rhizome.

Sensitive Fern emerges in the spring after the danger of frost is past and wilts down in the fall at first frost.

Illinois Wildflowers mentions that imprints of ferns very similar to this were found dating back to the time of the dinosaurs!

Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis)

Michigan Flora reference page for state distribution: Sensitive Fern

height: 1-2.5 feet

soil: wet, rich

sun: partial sun, light shade

plant spacing: 18”

life cycle: perennial

family: Onacleaceae

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Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensiblils)

Sensitive Fern is found in a range of light conditions, but it is always found where there is ample moisture. The fronds are once-compound and the leaflets have wavy edges.

Sterile fronds are a yellow-green color. Fertile fronds are made up of tightly packed structures that hold the spores. They are dark in color and eventually turn black, overwintering this way, until spores are released the next spring. This fern can also spread by rhizome.

Sensitive Fern emerges in the spring after the danger of frost is past and wilts down in the fall at first frost.

Illinois Wildflowers mentions that imprints of ferns very similar to this were found dating back to the time of the dinosaurs!

Sensitive Fern is found in a range of light conditions, but it is always found where there is ample moisture. The fronds are once-compound and the leaflets have wavy edges.

Sterile fronds are a yellow-green color. Fertile fronds are made up of tightly packed structures that hold the spores. They are dark in color and eventually turn black, overwintering this way, until spores are released the next spring. This fern can also spread by rhizome.

Sensitive Fern emerges in the spring after the danger of frost is past and wilts down in the fall at first frost.

Illinois Wildflowers mentions that imprints of ferns very similar to this were found dating back to the time of the dinosaurs!

Sensitive Fern is found in a range of light conditions, but it is always found where there is ample moisture. The fronds are once-compound and the leaflets have wavy edges.

Sterile fronds are a yellow-green color. Fertile fronds are made up of tightly packed structures that hold the spores. They are dark in color and eventually turn black, overwintering this way, until spores are released the next spring. This fern can also spread by rhizome.

Sensitive Fern emerges in the spring after the danger of frost is past and wilts down in the fall at first frost.

Illinois Wildflowers mentions that imprints of ferns very similar to this were found dating back to the time of the dinosaurs!

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