Struthiopteris fallax
Deer Fern
Struthiopteris spicant
(L.) Weiss Species
Looking for an openly licensed photograph…
- Botanical name
- Struthiopteris spicant
- Also known as
- Deer Fern, Hard Fern, Sword Fern
- Family
- Blechnaceae
- Genus
- Struthiopteris
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Deer Fern
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
GardenDecoded's botanical data covers every accepted species, but growing advice is written by hand rather than imported — so it exists only for the plants we have worked through so far. The botanical detail above is complete and sourced.
Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Struthiopteris spicant but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Acrostichum lineatum
Acrostichum nemorale
Acrostichum spicant
Acrostichum spicant
Asplenium spicant
Asplenium spicant
Blechnum boreale
Blechnum doodioides
Blechnum heterophyllum
Blechnum septentrionale
Blechnum spicant
Blechnum spicant
Blechnum spicant
Blechnum spicant f. serratum
Blechnum spicant f. transiens
Blechnum spicant var. crenatum
Blechnum spicant var. elongata
Blechnum spicant var. latifolium
Blechnum spicant var. pectinatum
Blechnum spicant var. serratum
Homophyllum blechnoides
Lomaria borealis
Lomaria crenata
Lomaria spicant
Lomaria spicant f. serrata
Lomaria spicant var. elongata
Lonchitis spicant
Lonchitis-aspera spicant
Lonchitis-aspera spicant var. serrata
Onoclea spicant
Osmunda borealis
Osmunda spicant
Osmunda spicanthus
Spicanta borealis
Struthiopteris doodioides
Struthiopteris japanensis
Struthiopteris japonica
Struthiopteris spicant var. crenata
Others in Struthiopteris
GardenDecoded is an educational gardening reference. Botanical data comes from World Flora Online and GBIF; growing guidance is our own. Always check a plant's toxicity and local invasiveness status before planting, and never eat or apply a plant based on this site alone.