>> Any other ferns with black stems out there in the plant world??? please
>> let me know.
Hi, Elaine. I have a REALLY small fern with black stems - Thelipteris
novaeborencis (might have the specific name wrong). I grow it among rocks,
and it has never gotten more than several inches long. Dryopteris
wallichiana has blackish stems; I don't know how large it usually gets, but
is about 10" tall in my garden.
Sheila Smith
mikecook@pipeline.com
Z 5/6