Cinnamon Fern
Osmunda cinnamomeanative · Central Texas
Cinnamon Fern is a wildflower native to Central Texas that grows 2–3 ft tall and 1 ft wide. It wants part shade to shade and medium water, and handles clay soil. Blooms orange in spring. Good for birds.
Wet ground only. Usually found in wetlands and creek bottoms. It wants reliably moist ground and struggles in a dry upland bed.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Wildflower
- Sun
- Part shade to shade (2–4 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Medium
- Height
- 2–3 ft
- Spread
- 1 ft
- Bloom
- Spring · orange
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on moist, mud, poor drainage
- Wildlife
- Supports birds
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Southern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low TerracesSan Antonio Prairie
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.