This fern has a long creeping branched rhizome that is thin and wiry with forked fronds that form a tangled thicket. The divided fronds are bright yellowish-green with linear pinnae and the plant is normally found in damp or wet soils.

Hardiness zones 9 to 11

Gleichenia dicarpa is naturally found from the east coast of Australia to New Caledonia growing in well drained to wet, moderately fertile soils in an open sunny to a protected position and is frost and drought tender.

The Pouched Coral Fern is grown in small gardens or fernery as a specimen and as a spill-over in moist rockeries. It is fast growing establishing from division in 2 to 3 years and is planted around water features or in coastal gardens.ID 1014

Gleichenia(gly-KEEN-ee-ah) dicarpa(dy-KAH-pah)

Gleicheniaceae(gly-KEN-ee-AY-see-ee)