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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Ferns
  5. Polypodiales
  6. Onoclea Family
  7. Ostrich Ferns

genus

Ostrich Ferns

Matteuccia

Traits
Includes
1 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • Ostrich Fern native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Fern Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native ostrich ferns All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Ostrich Fern Matteuccia struthiopteris caterpillars 2 food 4 shelter 1

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