Cystopteridaceae
Blackspore oakfern
Gymnocarpium × heterosporum
- Family
- Cystopteridaceae
- Genus
- Gymnocarpium
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Gymnocarpium × heterosporumCystopteridaceae
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Blackspore oakfern
Synonyms
- Carpogymnia heterospora Kallio, Laine & Makinen
- Dryopteris heterospora (Wagner) Kuvaev
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
More in Gymnocarpium
- Oak fernGymnocarpium dryopterisCystopteridaceae
- Scented oak fernGymnocarpium robertianumCystopteridaceae
- Pacific oakfernGymnocarpium disjunctumCystopteridaceae
- Gymnocarpium oyamenseCystopteridaceae
- Asian oakfernGymnocarpium jessoenseCystopteridaceae
- Gymnocarpium remotipinnatumCystopteridaceae
- Appalachian oakfernGymnocarpium appalachianumCystopteridaceae
- Asian oakfernGymnocarpium continentaleCystopteridaceae
- Gymnocarpium fedtschenkoanumCystopteridaceae
- OakfernGymnocarpium × achriosporumCystopteridaceae
- Gymnocarpium × bipinnatifidumCystopteridaceae
- Hybrid oak fernGymnocarpium × brittonianumCystopteridaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.