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Dryopteris australicus
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Posted by txgardenlady Z8B in Texas (My Page) on Sun, Jul 10, 05 at 10:52
| Does the name of this fern mean that it originated in Australia? Is anyone familiar with it? Here, they also call it Dixie Wood Fern. |
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RE: Dryopteris australicus
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Do you mean Dryopteris x australis? (dixie wood fern)
A native natural hybrid fern of the southeast USA, as the common name might suggest.
'australis' refers to southern, not Australia as such. |
RE: Dryopteris australicus
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| It's actually Dryopteris australis (not australicus), though because it's believed to be a natural hybrid it is usually written Dryopteris x australis. It took me about half a minute's Googling to find this. Australis is a Latin adjective that simply means 'southern', and presumably refers to southern USA, hence also the common name Dixie Wood Fern. |
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