These ferns just grow wild from underneath the house. Any idea's on what type it is? FlowerFreak... do you know this one? wild fern ( photo / image / picture from cherylad's Garden ) wild fern-closeup ( photo / image / picture from cherylad's Garden )
Is it in a wet or dry area? How tall does it get? Does it get spore cases? Google some of these and see if its them-> marsh fern, hammock fern, ostrich fern, broad beech fern. I dont think lady fern will grow in your area, not sure tho'.
They grow from under the house, so it's damp there. They only get about a foot tall. I don't know much about ferns... so I don't know what a spore case would look like. will check out some of the names you've given. Thanks!
The one in the second photo looks an awful lot like a Five-finger Maidenhair Fern. You might have to take sample leaves to a good garden center to have them IDed. There are many ferns that grow almost exclusively in Texas, south Texas to be specific. You might do a google search for the Texas Ferns in this Dallas Morning News artical to see if they look familiar.
The photos are of the same plant. One was just a close-up. These may grow taller if they had room. They've just always sort of been there poking out from underneath the house. I'll see if I can find the base of one that's not too far under the house and get photos of that. Or perhaps I can transplant one to a more open location to see how big it gets?
When I was editing to add something else I lost the sentence asking if they were two different ferns The fronds in the background of the second photo are not the same as the fronds in the first photo. Are you referring to the fronds at the top of the second photo?
Perhaps there's two varieties growing together? I assumed it was all just the same plant... I just got a little closer to it with the camera to take the second photo.
