#1998 most planted
Athyrium filix-femina
Lady fern · also Common lady-fern, Female fern
12
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
1
city
0.9 yr
median age (100% have a planting date)
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A large, feathery fern native to temperate regions, the Lady Fern thrives in damp, shady woodland environments. It is often grown for decoration due to its elegant appearance, and also has reported medicinal and environmental uses.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 120.01%0.9 yr—
Traits
- Drought tolerance
- Low
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Azores temperate mixed forests
- Baltic mixed forests
- Central European mixed forests
- East European forest steppe
- European Atlantic mixed forests
- Western European broadleaf forests