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Brazilian Hairy Sword Fern

Pleopeltis lepidopteris (plee-oh-PEL-tiss leh-pi-DOP-ter-is)

Family: Polypodiaceae Unknown

This fern is native to a Morro dos Conventos beach in Brazil. VIDEO Created by NC State Extension's Homegrown series featuring Mark Weathington , Director of JC Raulston Arboretum .

Source: NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox ↗ NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox, 19 attributes.

Companions & Conflicts

Curated pairwise relationships between this plant and others in the library — who feeds whom, who competes, who confuses the pests. Green reads as a good pairing, red as one to avoid.

No curated interactions recorded for this species yet.

Also noted by NC State

Related species the NC State Plant Toolbox flags for this plant — look-alikes to tell apart, and plants that play a similar role in a planting. Ones we carry in the library are linked.

Full plant profile

Growing Conditions
Plant type
Fern
USDA zones
7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
Light
Dappled Sunlight (Shade through upper canopy all day) | Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) | Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
Form & Appearance
Leaf color
Green
Leaf type
Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately); Fronds
Hairs present
No
Flower detail
no flowers
Fruit detail
No fruit. This plant reproduces via spores.
Wildlife & Ecology
Native status
Unknown
Origin
Brazil
Landscape Use
Garden tags
#fern #fronds #th-touch
Problems & Resistance
Resistant to
Deer

Planted at Hunnicutt

Nobody’s planted this one yet.