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Dixie Wood Fern
Dixie Wood Fern




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About Dixie Wood Fern

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What is

Life Span

Perennial

Type

Fern

Origin

United States, Southeastern United States, South-Central United States

Types

-

Number of Varieties

15
Rank: 97 (Overall)
0 40000
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Habitat

Woodlands

USDA Hardiness Zone

5-9
0 99
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AHS Heat Zone

9-5

Sunset Zone

7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

Habit

Clump-Forming

Information

Plant Size

Minimum Height

90.00 cm
Rank: 100 (Overall)
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Minimum Width

60.00 cm
Rank: 96 (Overall)
0 6350
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Plant Color

Flower Color

-

Flower Color Modifier

Bicolor

Fruit Color

-

Leaf Color in Spring

-

Leaf Color in Summer

Green

Leaf Color in Fall

Green

Leaf Color in Winter

Dark Green

Shape

Leaf Shape

Toothed

Thorns

No - Fern Garden Plants has it !

Season

Plant Season

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full Sun, Partial shade

Growth Rate

Medium

Type of Soil

Loam

The pH of Soil

Acidic, Neutral

Soil Drainage

Average

Bloom Time

Indeterminate

Repeat Bloomer

No - Fern Garden Plants has it !

Tolerances

Drought, Wet Site

Care

Where to Plant?

Container, Ground

How to Plant?

Divison, Spores

Plant Maintenance

Medium

Watering Plants

Watering Requirements

Requires a lot of watering, Requires regular watering, Requires watering in the growing season, Water Deeply

In Summer

Lots of watering

In Spring

Moderate

In Winter

Average Water

Soil

Soil pH

Acidic, Neutral

Soil Type

Loam

Soil Drainage Capacity

Average

Sun Exposure

Full Sun, Partial shade

Pruning

Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves

Fertilizers

All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer

Pests and Diseases

Red blotch

Plant Tolerance

Drought

Facts

Flowers

-

Flower Petal Number

Single

Fruits

Showy Fruit

No - Fern Garden Plants has it !

Edible Fruit

No - Fern Garden Plants has it !

Fragrance

Fragrant Flower

No - Fern Garden Plants has it !

Fragrant Fruit

No - Fern Garden Plants has it !

Fragrant Leaf

2% - Fern Garden Plants

Fragrant Bark/Stem

No - Fern Garden Plants has it !

Showy Foliage

98% - Fern Garden Plants have it !

Showy Bark

2% - Fern Garden Plants have it !

Foliage Texture

Fine

Foliage Sheen

Glossy

Evergreen

5% - Fern Garden Plants

Invasive

No - Fern Garden Plants has it !

Self-Sowing

25% - Fern Garden Plants

Attracts

Insects

Allergy

Avoid during Pregnancy, coma, Eye irritation, weakness

Benefits

Uses

Aesthetic Uses

Beautification, Landscape Designing, Showy Purposes

Beauty Benefits

-

Edible Uses

64% - Fern Garden Plants have it !

Environmental Uses

Air purification

Plant Benefits

Medicinal Uses

Nutrients

Part of Plant Used

Leaves

Other Uses

Air freshner, Decoration Purposes, Employed in herbal medicine, Showy Purposes, Used for its medicinal properties

Used As Indoor Plant

41% - Fern Garden Plants have it !

Used As Outdoor Plant

All - Fern Garden Plants have it !

Garden Design

Groundcover, Mixed Border, Rock Garden, Wall

Scientific Name

Botanical Name

DRYOPTERIS x australis

Common Name

Wood Fern

In Hindi

dixie wood fern

In German

dixie wood fern

In French

dixie wood fern

In Spanish

helecho de madera dixie

In Greek

dixie wood fern

In Portuguese

dixie samambaia de madeira

In Polish

dixie wood fern

In Latin

Fern Dixie

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Filicinophyta

Class

Filicopsida

Order

Filicales

Family

Dryopteridaceae

Genus

Polystichum

Clade

-

Tribe

-

Subfamily

-

Number of Species

36
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Properties of Dixie Wood Fern

Want to know the properties of Dixie Wood Fern? Then you are at the right place. Here you'll know everything about every plant. Knowing the properties of garden plants is very interesting. Dixie Wood Fern is a flowering plantalso, its flowers are non fragrant. Many garden plants possess some allergies. One should know everything about before planting. It has allergic reactions which are Avoid during Pregnancy, coma, Eye irritation and weakness. Dixie Wood Fern Benefits are as follows:

  • Medicinal use: Nutrients

  • Part of plant used: Leaves

It is always necessary for every botanist to study and know all the characteristics of every plant. Scientific classification which includes kingdom, clade, genus, tribe and order are important parameters to understand for every botanist. The gardener must know the properties like the kind of soil required, the amount of water needed, fertilization and pruning required for respective plant. All these properties differ according to plant.

Dixie Wood Fern Physical Information

Physical information is must while knowing everything about Dixie Wood Fern. Physical information includes the exterior appearance of the plant. The appearance of the plants is well considered factor, especially when you want your garden to be very attractive. Learn about color of leaves and flowers which differs even from the same species of plants. Dixie Wood Fern physical information is as follows: 90.00 cm tall and 60.00 cm wide. Its leaf shape is Toothed. Also it has following color specifications:

  • Flower color:
  • Leaf color:

Care of Dixie Wood Fern

Taking Dixie Wood Fern Care is very important. Pruning, fertilizing, timely watering is very important care factors of any plant. If proper care is taken, results are refreshing and green plants which have a healthy life. Hence every garden plant care should be taken properly. Care of Dixie Wood Fern include pruning, which should be done Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches and Remove dead leaves. The watering done in summer is Lots of watering and in winter is Average Water. It needs Full Sun, Partial shade for its proper growth.

Season and care of Dixie Wood Fern

Many a times, care of plants is dependent on the season of the plant. Hence season and care of Dixie Wood Fern is important if you are planning to plant it in your garden. It is a Perennial plant. Dixie Wood Fern is a very important plant from Fern. There are 15 varieties of this plant, among which some popular species are: -. This plant's habitat is Woodlands and it comes in the hardiness zone 5-9. If you want to keep your garden blooming for all year, grow different plants which blooms in different seasons. Also, understanding habitat of plants is necessary to know, it helps to adjust the environment of the plant like the type of soil and temperature needed for it, according to region it originated from.