Index / Search / Matteuccia struthiopteris
§1 Plant
Matteuccia struthiopteris (L.) Todaro
vernacular ostrich fern — species · Dryopteridaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Fern
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae Herter
- Genus
- Matteuccia
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 407 counties across 25 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 407 counties across 25 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 6 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Allamakee 19005
- Appanoose 19007
- Audubon 19009
- Buchanan 19019
- Carroll 19027
- Cass 19029
- Cedar 19031
- Chickasaw 19037
- Clay 19041
- Clayton 19043
- Clinton 19045
- Crawford 19047
- Decatur 19053
- Delaware 19055
- Dickinson 19059
- Dubuque 19061
- Emmet 19063
- Fayette 19065
- Hancock 19081
- Harrison 19085
- Iowa 19095
- Johnson 19103
- Jones 19105
- Linn 19113
- Louisa 19115
- Madison 19121
- Marion 19125
- Muscatine 19139
- Pottawattamie 19155
- Scott 19163
- Shelby 19165
- Story 19169
- Van Buren 19177
- Warren 19181
- Washington 19183
- Webster 19187
- Winneshiek 19191
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Fillmore 27045
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Kanabec 27065
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Lyon 27083
- Mahnomen 27087
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Murray 27101
- Olmsted 27109
- Pine 27115
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Red Lake 27125
- Rice 27131
- Roseau 27135
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Todd 27153
- Wabasha 27157
- Waseca 27161
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
Missouri view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Bronx 36005
- Broome 36007
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Cortland 36023
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Fulton 36035
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Lewis 36049
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Montgomery 36057
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Orleans 36073
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schoharie 36095
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
- Yates 36123
North Dakota view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Centre 42027
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Forest 42053
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 66 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Burnett 55013
- Calumet 55015
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Florence 55037
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Kewaunee 55061
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Pepin 55091
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Taylor 55119
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MAST ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2650999 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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