1 What is
1.1 Life Span
1.2 Type
1.3 Origin
North America, Europe, Eastern Asia
Southeastern Asia
1.4 Types
M. struthiopteris var. struthiopteris
M. struthiopteris var. pensylvanica
not available
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.5 Habitat
Forest margins, Roadsides, Terrestrial
Temperate Regions
1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone
1.7 AHS Heat Zone
1.8 Sunset Zone
A1, A2, A3, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
H1, H2, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
1.9 Habit
Thicket/Colonizing
Oval or Rounded
2 Information
2.1 Plant Size
2.1.1 Minimum Height
60.00 cm460.00 cm
0.54
3900
2.1.2 Minimum Width
45.70 cm370.00 cm
0.1
6350
2.2 Plant Color
2.2.1 Flower Color
2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier
2.2.3 Fruit Color
Not Available
Green, Yellow green
2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring
2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer
2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall
2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter
Not Available
Light Green
2.3 Shape
2.3.1 Leaf Shape
2.4 Thorns
3 Season
3.1 Plant Season
Spring, Summer, Fall
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
3.2 Growing Conditions
3.2.1 Sunlight
Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
3.2.2 Growth Rate
3.2.3 Type of Soil
3.2.4 The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral
Acidic, Neutral
3.2.5 Soil Drainage
3.2.6 Bloom Time
3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
3.3 Tolerances
4 Care
4.1 Where to Plant?
Ground
Container, Ground, Pot
4.2 How to Plant?
Divison, Spores
Seedlings, Transplanting
4.3 Plant Maintenance
4.4 Watering Plants
4.4.1 Watering Requirements
Water Deeply, Water when soil is dry
Do Not over Water, Requires regular watering
4.4.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
4.4.3 In Spring
4.4.4 In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
4.5 Soil
4.5.1 Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral
Acidic, Neutral
4.5.2 Soil Type
4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
4.6 Sun Exposure
Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
4.7 Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Prune in summer, Remove damaged leaves
4.8 Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
4.9 Pests and Diseases
Red blotch
Aphids, Mites, White outside
4.10 Plant Tolerance
5 Facts
5.1 Flowers
5.1.1 Flower Petal Number
5.2 Fruits
5.2.1 Showy Fruit
5.2.2 Edible Fruit
5.3 Fragrance
5.3.1 Fragrant Flower
5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit
5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf
5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem
5.4 Showy Foliage
5.5 Showy Bark
5.6 Foliage Texture
5.7 Foliage Sheen
5.8 Evergreen
5.9 Invasive
5.10 Self-Sowing
5.11 Attracts
Hummingbirds
Birds, Butterflies
5.12 Allergy
Skin irritation
Dental erosion
6 Benefits
6.1 Uses
6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes
Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose
6.1.2 Beauty Benefits
Not Available
Not Available
6.1.3 Edible Uses
6.1.4 Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
6.2 Plant Benefits
6.2.1 Medicinal Uses
Bone strength
Not Available
6.2.2 Part of Plant Used
6.2.3 Other Uses
Showy Purposes
Used As Food, Used in making beverages
6.3 Used As Indoor Plant
6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
6.5 Garden Design
Bog Garden, Groundcover, Mixed Border, Wildflower
Container, Edible, Fruit / Fruit Tree, Topiary / Bonsai / Espalier, Tropical
7 Scientific Name
7.1 Botanical Name
MATTEUCCIA struthiopteris
CITRUS aurantiifolia 'Bearss'
7.2 Common Name
Fiddlehead ferns,
shuttlecock fern
Bearss Lime, Shiraz Limoo, Tahiti Lime
7.2.1 In Hindi
शुतुरमुर्ग फर्न
Shiraz Limoo
7.2.2 In German
7.2.3 In French
fougère à l'autruche
Bearss chaux
7.2.4 In Spanish
avestruz helecho
Bearss cal
7.2.5 In Greek
Στρουθοκάμηλος Fern
BEARSS ασβέστη
7.2.6 In Portuguese
7.2.7 In Polish
7.2.8 In Latin
struthionem Fern
bearss lime
8 Classification
8.1 Kingdom
8.2 Phylum
Filicinophyta
Not Available
8.3 Class
Polypodiopsida
Not Available
8.4 Order
8.5 Family
8.6 Genus
8.7 Clade
Not Available
Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids
8.8 Tribe
Not Available
Not Available
8.9 Subfamily
Not Available
Not Available
8.10 Number of Species