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Felt Fern

Pyrrosia hastata (pih-ROH-zha hass-TAH-tah)

Family: polypodiaceae Non-native Herbaceous (1-3 ft)

Short creeping rhizome; needs well drained soil; naturally grows on rocks 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, 40 attributes.

How it fits the guild

Guild layer 4 - Herbaceous (1-3 ft)
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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.

Often confused with Pyrrosia lingua

Full plant profile

Growing Conditions
Plant type
Fern
Life cycle
Perennial
USDA zones
8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b
Light
Dappled Sunlight (Shade through upper canopy all day) | Deep shade (Less than 2 hours to no direct sunlight) | Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
Soil texture
Shallow Rocky
Soil drainage
Good Drainage
Available space
12 inches-3 feet
NC region
Coastal
Mature size
Height: 0 ft. 6 in. - 1 ft. 2 in. | Width: 1 ft. 0 in. - 3 ft. 0 in.
Growth rate
Slow
Maintenance
Low
Canopy layer
4 - Herbaceous (1-3 ft)
Form & Appearance
Habit / form
Creeping
Texture
Coarse
Foliage
Broadleaf Evergreen
Leaf color
Green
Leaf type
Simple
Leaf arrangement
Other/more complex
Leaf shape
Linear
Leaf margin
Lobed
Leaf size
3-6 inches long
Hairs present
Yes
Flower detail
No flowers.
Fruit detail
No fruits. This plants reproduces via spores.
Stem color
Green
Wildlife & Ecology
Native status
Non-native
Origin
China, Korea, Japan
Landscape Use
Landscape location
Container; Small Space; Woodland
Landscape theme
Fairy Garden; Shade Garden; Winter Garden
Design feature
Accent; Border; Specimen
Garden tags
#evergreen #rabbit resistant #epiphytic #drought tolerant #winter interest #deer resistant #specimen #fern #woodland #fairy garden
Problems & Resistance
Resistant to
Deer; Heavy Shade; Rabbits
Particularly resistant to
Heavy shade, Deer

Planted at Hunnicutt

Nobody’s planted this one yet.