Blechnum spicant, Deer Fern Size:5 Gallon Field Guide to Spiders of

Field Guide to Spiders of California and the Pacific Coast States

If you need to coppice the tree it should be done in the late fall or winter so new shoots will appear in wither to early spring

tolerates loam or sand texture

It has dark green foliage

- Native to Mexico and Texas

Blechnum spicant, Deer Fern Size:5 Gallon Field Guide to Spiders ofDeer Fern A California Native fern that can be found near the coast of Santa Cruz. It can reach three and a half feet tall by two feet wide. This fern has two types of leaves sterile and fertile. The sterile leaves have flat wavy leaves and the fertile leaves are narrower and stand upright. This fern goes dormant in the winter you should cut back dead fronds in the late winter, early spring. Plant with: Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens), Douglas