Sensitive Fern
Onoclea sensibilis
It grows wild in 44 of North Carolina’s 100 counties.
- Light
- Full shade to full sun
- Soil
- Dry to moist soil
- Size
- 1.5 ft to 2 ft tall, 2.5 ft wide
- Fronds
- Die back in winter, no flowers
- Roots
- Spreading rhizomes or runners
- Kind
- Fern
At its grown size
fall colorbare for winter
What it feeds
- Caterpillars
- 6 kinds of caterpillars
Grows well with
Heartleaf Aster
Robin's-plantain
New Jersey Tea
Bluestem Goldenrod
Narrowleaf Sundrops
Calico Aster
Wild Geranium
Black HuckleberryFacts from the Quercus record for Onoclea sensibilis.