Plant Identification: SOLVED: Need help to ID this fern

Author Content Seedfork Enterprise, AL (Zone 8b) January 30, 2013 7:38 AM Post #9402417 This fern is about three feet tall, the picture was taken today Jan. 30th. I think it normally would have died back to the ground but the weather has been so warm just some of the leaves have turned brown.       Click an image for an enlarged view. Seedfork Enterprise, AL (Zone 8b) January 30, 2013 2:38 PM Post #9402881 I think I have found the answer, it looks like an Ostrich fern. If anyone thinks this is wrong let me know. growin Vancouver, BC (Zone 8b) January 30, 2013 4:09 PM Post #9403018 Well, for me it doesn't fit with the Ostrich Fern which has a very pronounced "shuttlecock" growth. They grow very much like a badminton shuttlecock and this one seems to lack that. I haven't found what it is though and think it might be a Dryopteris. Is this in the wild? themoonhowl Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a) January 30, 2013 4:19 PM Post #9403028 Kinda my thought also. Look at the Wood Ferns in this link. http://www.caes.uga.edu/publications/pubDetail.cfm?pk_id=782... Seedfork Enterprise, AL (Zone 8b) January 30, 2013 6:15 PM Post #9403210 No the fern was not growing in the wild. It was given to me by a friend out of her garden,but she did not know the name of it. This message was edited Feb 27, 2013 7:01 PM growin Vancouver, BC (Zone 8b) January 31, 2013 2:13 PM Post #9404002 How about Dryopteris marginalis http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/385/

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