Giant Chain Fern

Woodwardia fimbriata

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Botanical name
Woodwardia fimbriata
Also known as
Giant Chain Fern
Family
Blechnaceae
Genus
Woodwardia
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Giant Chain Fern

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Woodwardia fimbriata but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Diplazium biserratum Woodwardia biserrata Woodwardia chamissoi Woodwardia fimbriata f. ramosa Woodwardia paradoxa Woodwardia spinulosa f. ramosa

Others in Woodwardia

Woodwardia intermedia
Woodwardia × izuensis
Woodwardia × semicordata
Woodwardia spinulosa
Woodwardia unigemmata
Woodwardia apogama
Woodwardia auriculata
Woodwardia harlandii

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