Connecticut Plants
Intermediate Woodfern (Fancy Fern, Evergreen Woodfern)
Dryopteris intermedia
- Synonyms: Dryopteris spinulosa var. intermedia (Muhl. ex Willd.) Underw.
- Family: woodfern (Dryopteridaceae)
- Habitat: moist, rich woods
- Height: fronds 2-3 feet long
- Location of spores: undersides of fronds (see third image below)
- Petiole (leaf stalk): green with tan scales
- Growth pattern: symmetric clump
- Persistence: evergreen
- Origin: native



Underside of a frond, showing the sori (spore-bearing dots).

Intermediate woodfern remains green all winter.