About This Plant
Cinnamon fern loves moist, but well-draining soil and does best in dappled sunlight. Unlike other ferns, the cinnamon fern doesn't produce spores on the bottom of its leaves, but on brown or "cinnamon" colored fronds that grow from the center of the plant. The sterile, outer fronds are blue-green and turn to a coppery-gold color in the autumn.
Plant Details
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Benefits
- Wildlife Benefits
Plant Facts
Previously known by the Latin name Osmunda cinnamomea. | Songbirds are known to use the scale-like hairs on the fern’s stem to line their nests.
