Botanical Name: Davallia trichomanoides
Common Name: Squirrel's Foot Fern
Type of Plant: fern: perennial
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape rhizomatous fern with fine textured foliage arising from tan, fuzzy, creeping rhizomes. Rhizomes eventually fill wire baskets and/or soil surface
Height to 12"
Spread to 3'
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure in/out bright, cool areas (E or N); outdoors in partial shade
Soil prefers a light, fast-draining soil
Hardiness some frost - to 30 degrees
 
Morphology:
Leaves to 18" long 3-4 pinnate, lustrous – sometimes a coppery color when young; rhizomes usually covered with tan, toothed scales
Flowers -
Fruit sori small, near margins of pinnule
 
Propagation:
spores, division of rhizomes
 
Usage:
best used as a hanging basket plant – but will grow as a small-scale groundcover in partly shaded outdoor areas
 
Landscape Care:
Watering average; takes less than most ferns
Fertilizing balanced, half-strength once a month
Pruning remove dead fronds
Pests/Diseases occasional mealybug
Special Conditions/Other one of most durable ferns in cultivation
 
Origin: Malaysia
Family: Polypodiaceae

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