Japanese Tassel Fern

Polystichum polyblepharum

Found in moist ravines. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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Not native

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 2 Alabama counties.

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.

Ecological relationships

5CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL

Genus host records with ranges including AL · Polystichum

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

—Specialist beesPollen specialists

2BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Polystichum

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

Growing and identification

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.