Wavy Cloak Fern
Astrolepis sinuataAlso called Wavy Scaly Cloak Fern
Wavy Cloak Fern is a groundcover native to Central Texas that grows 1 ft tall and 3 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water. Flowers are not applicable. Deer rarely browse it.
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From our guide
Village of the HillsSmall fern with narrow upright fronds, gray-scaly beneath, growing from rock.
Why it works here
A fern that lives on dry limestone with no irrigation — texture where nothing else survives.
Watch out
Curls up and looks dead in drought, then revives with rain. Do not water it to fix that.
The facts
5 sources- Type
- Groundcover
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3+ hrs)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 1 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Bloom
- Not applicable
- Foliage
- Semi-evergreen
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it. Ferns on rock are essentially never browsed.
Where it grows
26 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
In the Village of the Hills guide, but not on the grower stock lists we read yet. Ask a native-plant nursery.