Comptonia peregrina - Sweetfern

Sweetfern is a shrub with fern-like, fragrant leaves. It is used in landscaping for its aromatic foliage and ability to thrive in poor soils. The leaves can be used to make a pleasantly scented tea and have been used in traditional medicine.

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 3¹
• Hardiness zone 4¹
• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹

Outputs

• Human food¹

Type

• Shrub
• Deciduous

Functions

• Nitrogen fixer²
• Soil stabilization¹

Footnotes

1. Comptonia peregrina - Sweet Fern | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶

2. Gaia’s Garden - A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition Table 6-3 ↩