Family : Blechnaceae.

Cover ground fern for wet areas. It forms spreading colonies with its creeping rhizome. The deciduous fronds are dimorphic. Sterile fronds are pennatipartite or pennate, broad, waxy ; they appear in spring, bronze colored. Fertile fronds appear in summer, upright with narrower pinnae. Easy to grow in a wet soil, acidic, rich, in deep or light shade. Height or width : 50cm. Hardiness : -30°C.