92 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
Botanical name Common. Approx. Location. 
name height 
3-5 Asplenium 
platyneuron ...... Ebony 
spleenwort . 6-15” ....Rocks and banks 
3-5 Asplenium 
Trichomanes ..... Maiden-hair 
spleenwort . 1-6” 
3-5 Cystopteris 
DUIUEPETA oo cee cese Bulblet 
cystopteris . 1-2’ 
3-5 Cystopteris fragilis...Brittle fern... 6-12”... 
3-5 Dryopteris 
acrostichoides ....Christmas fern 1-2’ 
3-5 Dryopteris 
FOUOYMNGAG 05s 08 ise Male fern..... 1-3’ 
3-5 Dryopteris 
marginalis ....... Evergreen 
wood-fern .. 1-2’ 
8-5 Onoclea sensibilis....Sensitive fern. 2-3’ 
3-5 Onoclea 
Struthiopteris ....Ostrich fern... 1-2’ 
3-7 Osmunda 
cinnamomea ...... Cinnamon fern 2-3’ 
3-5 Osmunda 
Claytoniana ...... Clayton’s fern. 2-4’ 
3-5 Osmunda regalis..... Royal fern.... 3-4’ 
3 Pellaea atropurpurea. Purple-stemmed 
cliff-brake .. 6-12”.... 
3-5 Phegopteris 
Dryopteris ....... Oak fern... 6-12” ... 
3-5 Phegopteris 
hexagonoptera ....Broad beech 
1 yee 6-12” . 
3-5 Polypodium vulgare..Common 
polypody ... 6-12”.. 
3-5 Pteris aquilina....... Brake 465623 0% 2-4’ 
3-5 Woodsia obtusa...... Blunt-lobed 
woodsia .... 6-12”... 
.. Rocks 
..Moist rocky ground 
.Moist rocky ground 
.. Woods and shady banks 
..Rocky woods and banks 
..Rocky woods and banks 
...Moist ground - 
..Moist shady ground 
.. Wet sandy ground 
..Marshy ground 
..Marshy ground 
Moist rocks 
.Moist woods 
..Dry woods and hillsides 
..Moist rocks and banks 
...Dry open ground 
.Moist rocky ground 
HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS FOR GROWING WITH OR 
AMONG FERNS 
Approx. 
Botanical name Common Approx. Color of time of 
name height flowers hicom 
3 Aconitum 
noveboracense ....New York 
monkshood. 2’ js SARE oc atestae ok June-Aug. 
3 Aconitum 
reclinatum ....... Trailing wolf’s 
bane ..... Trailing WV Lt ees a see = July-Aug. 
3 Aconitum uncinatum. Wild 
monkshood . 2-3’ 
-. LG ax eekcan ik June-Sept. 
