Hay scented fern

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30 HAY SCENTED FERN ROOT SYSTEMS,Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Hay-scented Fern) is a species of fern native to eastern North America, from Newfoundland west to Wisconsin and Arkansas, and south in the Appalachian Mountains to northern Alabama; it is most abundant in the east of its range, with only scattered populations in the west.[1] It is a deciduous fern with fronds growing to 40–100 cm (rarely 130 cm) tall and 10–30 cm broad; the fronds are bipinnate, with pinnatifid pinnules about three…

If you're a lover of ferns, then growing hay scented fern in the woodland garden will certainly feed your enjoyment of these plants. Read this article to learn more. Click here for additional info.

This fern's lacy foliage smells of freshly mown grass and carpets the woodland or a moist, partially sunny site.

Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Hay-scented Fern). Photo © 2016 Dina Lehmann-Kim

Hay-scented Fern

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Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Eastern Hay-Scented Fern) is a lovely deciduous fern forming a large rosette of upright to arching, lacy, narrow-triangular, light-green fronds, 30 in. long (75 cm). The fronds turn shades of yellow in fall. Eastern Hay-Scented Fern is noted for its sweet scent of freshly cut hay which is released when crushed or dried. Fast-growing, this fern will spread by rhizomes to form colonies.

This native of open woods and dry slopes is found throughout most of the Mid-Atlantic Region. In Virginia, it is abundant in higher elevations to infrequent in the Coastal Plain. It can spread quickly to create a ground cover in shady woodland gardens. Crush some leaflets and its common name becomes apparent from the hay-like scent that emanates.