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Tassel fern is an evergreen fern that is native to Japan and southern Korea. It features shiny, bipinnate, dark green fronds (to 1-2? long) with finely divided but overlapping pinnae. It grows in an outward-spreading, vase-shaped clump to 24? tall and 24? wide. Crosiers flip over backwards to form tassels as the newly emerging fronds unfurl, hence the common name of tassel fern for this plant. Tassels disappear as fronds flatten with maturity. Polystichyum comes from the Greek words polus (many) and stichos (row or file) in reference to the rows of sori located along the midveins of the pinnules. Specific epithet means ?many eyelashes? in reference to the bristly scales found on the stipe and rachis. Synonymous with Polystichum setosum.
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Easily grown in organically rich, consistently moist, well-drained loams in part shade to full shade. Prefers a sun-dappled shade. Consider planting rhizome at an angle to help combat potential crown rot problems which most often occur in poorly drained soils.
