Plant Profile: Diplazium expansum

Taxonomy: Diplazium expansum

Names

Great Fern

  • Photo of Diplazium expansum (Diplazium expansums)

Phonetic Spelling:dy-PLAY-zee-um EX-pan-sum

Genus:Diplazium

Species:expansum

Family:Aspleniaceae

A type of fern that thrives in the moist environments of stream banks, rocky ravines, and open areas at elevated altitudes throughout the tropical regions of the Americas.

Diplazium expansum Feature Summary

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Diplazium expansum Feature Summary

Attributes
Country Or Region Of Origin:
Mexico, Tropical America
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Fruit
Fruit Description:
No fruits. This plants reproduces via spores.
Flowers
Whole Plant Traits
Leaves
Leaf Type:
Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
Fronds
Stem
Landscape

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Diplazium expansum Attributes

Diplazium expansum: Country Or Region Of Origin

Mexico, Tropical America

Diplazium expansum: Particularly Resistant To (Insects/Diseases/Other Problems)

Deer

Diplazium expansum: Life Cycle

Annual
Biennial
Bulb
Perennial
Woody

Diplazium expansum Fruit

Diplazium expansum: Fruit Description

No fruits. This plants reproduces via spores.

Diplazium expansum Flowers

Diplazium expansum: Flower Description

No flowers.

Diplazium expansum Whole Plant Traits

Diplazium expansum: Plant Type

Annual
Bulb
Carnivorous
Edible
Epiphyte
Fern
Ground Cover
Herb
Herbaceous Perennial
Houseplant
Mushroom
Native Plant
Ornamental Grasses and Sedges
Perennial
Poisonous
Rose
Shrub
Succulent
Tree
Turfgrass
Vegetable
Vine
Water Plant
Weed
Wildflower

Diplazium expansum: Habit/Form

Arching
Ascending
Broad
Cascading
Climbing
Clumping
Columnar
Conical
Creeping
Dense
Erect
Horizontal
Irregular
Mounding
Multi-stemmed
Multi-trunked
Open
Oval
Prostrate
Pyramidal
Rounded
Spreading
Vase
Weeping

Diplazium expansum Leaves

Diplazium expansum: Leaf Type

Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
Fronds
Needles
Sheath
Simple

Diplazium expansum: Leaf Margin

Crenate
Crenulate
Dentate
Denticulate
Doubly Crenate
Doubly Dentate
Doubly Serrate
Entire
Lobed
Serrate
Sinuate
Undulate

Diplazium expansum: Hairs Present

No
Yes

Diplazium expansum Stem

Diplazium expansum: Stem Is Aromatic

No
Yes

Diplazium expansum Landscape

Diplazium expansum: Resistance To Challenges

Black Walnut
Compaction
Deer
Diseases
Drought
Dry Soil
Erosion
Fire
Foot Traffic
Heat
Heavy Shade
Humidity
Insect Pests
Pollution
Poor Soil
Rabbits
Salt
Slugs
Squirrels
Storm damage
Urban Conditions
Voles
Wet Soil
Wind