NOUN
- any of several tropical ferns having more or less sword-shaped fronds including one from which the Boston fern developed
How To Use sword fern In A Sentence
- Aquarius Research Natural Area is particularly rich in ferns, including Western polypody, spreading woodfern, oak fern, male fern, bracken fern, and sword fern.
- For dry shade, also try Douglas iris, any of the alum roots, hummingbird sage, sword fern, and foothill sedge.
- Recently, volunteer crews dug up a variety of forest plants including huckleberry, sword fern, deer fern and maple vine from the low elevation filtration site.
- Under our grove of old growth firs we planted 10 vine maples, 10 sword ferns, 5 evergreen huckleberries and 5 kinnikinniks.
