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Sweetfern

Sweetfern is listed botanically as Comptonia peregrina. It may also be listed as Sweet Fern, fern-gale, sweetfern. The current taxonomy reference places it in the genus Comptonia and in the family Myricaceae. PlotPal currently carries Sweetfern as an outdoor growing and shrub reference. Recorded garden roles include native, soil builder. Use this guide as practical growing context, then adjust decisions to the actual weather, soil, container or bed, variety, and conditions in your garden.