Index / Search / Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis
§1 Plant
Osmunda regalis L. var. spectabilis (Willd.) A. Gray
vernacular royal fern — variety · Osmundaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Fern
- Family
- Osmundaceae Martinov
- Genus
- Osmunda
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 813 counties across 21 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 110 min.
- Precipitation
- 35–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.3–5.2
- Root depth
- 14 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 4.5 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, container, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 813 counties across 21 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Blount 01009
- Bullock 01011
- Butler 01013
- Calhoun 01015
- Cherokee 01019
- Chilton 01021
- Choctaw 01023
- Clarke 01025
- Clay 01027
- Cleburne 01029
- Coffee 01031
- Colbert 01033
- Conecuh 01035
- Coosa 01037
- Covington 01039
- Crenshaw 01041
- Dale 01045
- Dallas 01047
- DeKalb 01049
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Etowah 01055
- Fayette 01057
- Franklin 01059
- Geneva 01061
- Greene 01063
- Hale 01065
- Henry 01067
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Jefferson 01073
- Lamar 01075
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Limestone 01083
- Lowndes 01085
- Macon 01087
- Marengo 01091
- Marion 01093
- Marshall 01095
- Mobile 01097
- Monroe 01099
- Montgomery 01101
- Morgan 01103
- Perry 01105
- Pickens 01107
- Pike 01109
- Randolph 01111
- Russell 01113
- Shelby 01117
- St. Clair 01115
- Sumter 01119
- Talladega 01121
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
- Washington 01129
- Wilcox 01131
- Winston 01133
Arkansas view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Dallas 05039
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Jackson 05067
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lawrence 05075
- Lincoln 05079
- Logan 05083
- Lonoke 05085
- Madison 05087
- Monroe 05095
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Pike 05109
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Sebastian 05131
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Woodruff 05147
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 59 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Glades 12043
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 93 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Bartow 13015
- Ben Hill 13017
- Berrien 13019
- Bibb 13021
- Brantley 13025
- Bryan 13029
- Bulloch 13031
- Camden 13039
- Carroll 13045
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Clay 13061
- Clinch 13065
- Cobb 13067
- Coffee 13069
- Colquitt 13071
- Columbia 13073
- Coweta 13077
- Crawford 13079
- Dawson 13085
- Decatur 13087
- DeKalb 13089
- Dodge 13091
- Dooly 13093
- Dougherty 13095
- Early 13099
- Echols 13101
- Effingham 13103
- Elbert 13105
- Fayette 13113
- Floyd 13115
- Forsyth 13117
- Franklin 13119
- Fulton 13121
- Glynn 13127
- Gordon 13129
- Grady 13131
- Habersham 13137
- Hall 13139
- Haralson 13143
- Harris 13145
- Hart 13147
- Heard 13149
- Henry 13151
- Houston 13153
- Irwin 13155
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Jenkins 13165
- Johnson 13167
- Lamar 13171
- Lanier 13173
- Laurens 13175
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Long 13183
- Lowndes 13185
- Lumpkin 13187
- Macon 13193
- Madison 13195
- Marion 13197
- McIntosh 13191
- Meriwether 13199
- Mitchell 13205
- Morgan 13211
- Murray 13213
- Newton 13217
- Paulding 13223
- Pike 13231
- Rabun 13241
- Randolph 13243
- Rockdale 13247
- Screven 13251
- Seminole 13253
- Spalding 13255
- Stephens 13257
- Talbot 13263
- Terrell 13273
- Thomas 13275
- Tift 13277
- Towns 13281
- Treutlen 13283
- Troup 13285
- Turner 13287
- Upson 13293
- Walker 13295
- Ware 13299
- Webster 13307
- Worth 13321
Kentucky view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Breathitt 21025
- Butler 21031
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Clark 21049
- Clinton 21053
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Henry 21103
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Lyon 21143
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Menifee 21165
- Montgomery 21173
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Russell 21207
- Scott 21209
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Whitley 21235
Louisiana view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Assumption 22007
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maine view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Amite 28005
- Attala 28007
- Calhoun 28013
- Choctaw 28019
- Claiborne 28021
- Covington 28031
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- George 28039
- Greene 28041
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Jackson 28059
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Jones 28067
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lee 28081
- Lincoln 28085
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Marshall 28093
- Monroe 28095
- Montgomery 28097
- Neshoba 28099
- Newton 28101
- Noxubee 28103
- Panola 28107
- Pearl River 28109
- Perry 28111
- Pike 28113
- Prentiss 28117
- Scott 28123
- Smith 28129
- Stone 28131
- Tippah 28139
- Tishomingo 28141
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Winston 28159
New Hampshire view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 21 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Broome 36007
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Cortland 36023
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Fulton 36035
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Montgomery 36057
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Orleans 36073
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schoharie 36095
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 66 N ▾
- Alleghany 37005
- Anson 37007
- Ashe 37009
- Beaufort 37013
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Carteret 37031
- Caswell 37033
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Clay 37043
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Graham 37075
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Lincoln 37109
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- McDowell 37111
- Mitchell 37121
- Montgomery 37123
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Perquimans 37143
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Transylvania 37175
- Tyrrell 37177
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 62 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 100 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Berkeley 54003
- Braxton 54007
- Cabell 54011
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hardy 54031
- Jefferson 54037
- Marion 54049
- Mason 54053
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Mingo 54059
- Morgan 54065
- Nicholas 54067
- Pocahontas 54075
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Tucker 54093
- Upshur 54097
- Webster 54101
- Wirt 54105
- Wyoming 54109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/OSRES ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7319878 ↗Record version
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