Osmunda regalis

royal fern

Family: Osmundaceae • Genus: Osmunda • Region: TEMPERATE ASIA: Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia (Ciscaucasia), Georgia, Russian Federation (Dagestan) NORTHERN AMERICA: Canada (Québec, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Manitoba), United States (Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Illinois, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Texas), St. Pierre and Miquelon, Mexico (Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave) SOUTHERN AMERICA: Hispaniola, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay EUROPE: Denmark, United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Russian Federation (European part), Estonia, Latvia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, Italy, North Macedonia, Spain, France, Portugal AFRICA: Portugal (Madeira Islands), Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia

Summary: Osmunda regalis (royal fern) is a plant in the Osmundaceae family. Verdica documents 0 traditional uses, 0 phytochemical compounds, and 0 herb-drug interactions for this species.

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About Osmunda regalis

Form: Irregular or sprawling, Spreading or horizontal, Upright or erect.

Care Information

Sunlight	Full sun
Watering	High — needs consistently wet conditions
Soil	Moist, loamy, acidic
Hardiness Zone	USDA 4-9

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