- Height: 12 inches
- Sun: Full, partial, shade
- Soil: Wet to medium-wet
Onoclea sensibilis
Caterpillar food for:
Sensitive Border Moth (Papaipema inquaesita), Silver-Spotted Fern Moth (Callopistria cordata), Olive Angle Shades (Phlogophora iris), Rustic Quaker (Orthodes majuscula)
Butterfly food for:
checkered white (Pontia protodice), monarch (Danaus plexippus), edward’s hairstreak (Satyrium edwardsii), banded hairstreak (Satyrium calanus), acadian hairstreak (Satyrium acadica), gray hairstreak (Strymon melinus), eastern tailed-blue (Cupido comyntas), great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele)
More information: Minnesota Wildflowers
Photo credit: Peganum, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0