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Dryopteris intermedia, commonly called evergreen wood fern, glandular wood fern to fancy fern, is a rhizomatous wood fern that is native to moist woodland areas, ravines, swamp margins and rocky slopes in Eastern North America. This is a lacy evergreen wood fern that typically grows to 1-3’ tall with upright arching fronds to 40” long and 8” wide. Frond leaflets are lobed and toothed. Oval to narrow triangular, thrice-cut, finely dissected blade has 10-15 pairs of narrow lance-shaped pinnae (leaflets). Easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soils in part shade to full shade. Prefers fertile, moist, humusy loams that are rich in organic matter. Best with consistent moisture. Soils should not be allowed to dry out. Hardy zone 5-8. We grow and ship in 4" pots.