NC Native Plant Society:
Plant Details

Anchistea virginica [= Woodwardia virginica]

Scientific Name:	Anchistea virginica [= Woodwardia virginica]
Genus:	Anchistea
Species Epithet:	virginica
Common Name:	Chain fern
Plant Type	Fern/Clubmoss/Allies
Life Cycle	Perennial
Plant Family	Blechnaceae (Deer Fern Family)
Native/Alien:	NC Native
Invasive Status:	^(*Key)
Size:	1-3 ft., 3-6 ft.
Light:	Sun - 6 or more hours of sun per day, Part Shade - 2 to 6 hours of sun per day, Less than 2 hours of sun per day
Soil Moisture:	Moist, Wet
Bloom Time:	June, July, August, September
Growing Area:	Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain
Habitat Description:	moist to wet, acid, organic soils, such as bogs, blackwater bottomlands, pocosins; common (rare in VA Mountains). May-September. Ranging from Nova Scotia west to MI and MO, south to FL and e. TX, primarily on the Coastal Plain.
Leaf Retention:	Deciduous
Leaf Type:	Fern Frond
Leaf Form:	Nothing Specified
Life Cycle:	Perennial
Wildlife Value:	Has some wildlife value
Landscape Value:	Suitable for home landscapes
State Rank:	S5: Secure ^(*Key)
Global Rank:	G5 - Secure ^(*Key)
Notes:	Suitable for moist, wet soil and will spread aggressively
Colony of Virginia Chain Fern Pender Co., NC Lisa Lofland Gould
Links:	USDA PLANTS Database Record

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