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Makino's Holly Fern (Polystichum makinoi)

Makino's Holly Fern

Overview

Makino's Holly Fern (Polystichum makinoi) is a Japanese evergreen fern with glossy, leathery fronds and distinctive spiny pinnae margins. It forms a neat, vase-shaped clump.

Taxonomy

Family:	Dryopteridaceae
Genus:	Polystichum (pol-IS-tick-um)
Species:	makinoi (MACK-kin-oy)
Synonym:	Polystichum aculeatum var. makinoi
Synonym:	Polystichum aculeatum var. pinfaense

Description

Fronds are 40–70 cm long, pinnate, with lanceolate, sharply toothed pinnae that are glossy dark green. Stipes have brown scales. Sori are round with peltate indusium.

Habitat and Cultivation

Native to Japanese woodlands. Prefers moist, well-drained soil in shade. Hardy in USDA zones 5–8. Excellent for woodland gardens and as a specimen.

Ferns: Japanese Holly Fern (Cyrtomium) Care: Tough, Glossy, Non-Shedding; Ming Fern (Asparagus macowanii): Feathery, Fern-Like Asparagus for Texture; East Indian Holly Fern (Arachniodes simplicior 'Variegata'): Glossy, Variegated Fern for Deep Shade; Walking Fern (Asplenium rhizophyllum): Unique Fern That "Walks" Across Rocks; Upside-Down Fern (Arachniodes standishii): Fronds That Appear Inverted; Mother Fern (Asplenium viviparum): Fern That Grows Baby Plantlets on Its Fronds; Tsushima Holly Fern (Polystichum tsus-simense): Compact, Rock-Loving Holly Fern; Japanese Holly Fern 'Rochfordianum' (Cyrtomium falcatum): Glossy Evergreen Fern; Long-Eared Holly Fern (Polystichum neolobatum): Elegant Asian Woodland Fern; Japanese Brake Fern (Pteris nipponica): Elegant Variegated Fern for Shade

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