Polypodium glycyrrhiza (Licorice Fern)

Polypodium glycyrrhiza (Licorice Fern)

Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil: Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade, sun

Attributes: Late spring deciduous, 12" long arching. Shallow rhizomes that form an expanding clump.

Notes: In the wild Polypodium glycyrrhiza grows on Acer macrophyllum and Alnus rubra trunks, or on mossy rocks, old stumps or on the ground where they landed after falling out of a tree. They lose their fronds as the season dries and grows new ones in summer, keeping them through winter.

Companion plants: Cornus, ferns, Smilacina, Epimedium, Trillium, Cypripedium