Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth, 1799 45% complete

Common ladyfern

Tent. Fl. Germ. 3(1.1): 65 (1799)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Athyrium filix-femina, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced15 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded11 Not on the record8 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (L.) Roth No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Tent. Fl. Germ. 3(1.1): 65 (1799) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
Source not recorded
Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1799 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Common ladyfern No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Macaronesia, NW. Africa, Europe to Mongolia, W. & WC. U.S.A. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 65 cm
  • 65 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 31 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 92, 116, 164, 174, 178, 200, 203, 335, 500, 925
Sourced
Biological type geophyte
  • geophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 162 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71, 164, 174, 178, 203, 500, 918, 925
Sourced
Flower conspicuous false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Foliage color empty Not on the record
Foliage texture fine Sourced
Fruit conspicuous false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Growth form Rhizomatous
  • Rhizomatous · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Growth habit Forb/herb
  • Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Growth rate Moderate Sourced
Maximum height 100 cm
  • 100 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 92, 116, 164, 174, 178, 200, 203, 335, 500, 925
Sourced
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months jun, jul, aug
  • jun, jul, aug · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-20
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 174, 203
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Superseded feb, jun, jul, aug · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 174, 203
Sourced
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 168 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 92, 164, 178, 203, 918, 925
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 8 / 9 · very humid air
  • 8 / 9 · very humid air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ground humidity 7 / 12 · wet, flooded a few weeks a year (hygrophilous)
  • 7 / 12 · wet, flooded a few weeks a year (hygrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Light 3 / 9 · shade
  • 4 / 9 · shade to half-shade · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation empty Not on the record
Ph maximum pH 7
  • pH 7 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ph minimum pH 4.5
  • pH 4.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Soil nutriments 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic)
  • 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth empty Not on the record
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Salt tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record