Hi

Not too sure but looks a lot an an immature Australian pine?? Fairly certain it's not a sprengeri which is not a fern but an asparagus lol Have you tried the name that plant forum ?? gary

If that is an Australian pine behind it, that's a baby sucker coming up from the roots. They spread like that and can become very invasive.

And of course-just to complete the picture-"Australian pine" is also not really a pine! Great names for some of these plants!

Thanks so much for helping me with this. I can see that my photos don't really show what this plant looks like. I received it as a gift and was told it's some kind of "fern". I placed it in the trug so I can give the big pot back to my friend, while I figure out what it is and where to put it.

So I guess it could be a hundred Australian Pine seedlings all clumped together. I pulled one out so you can see the roots.

And here's a ground-level view

Maybe someone has seen this in a store or nursery.

I think that's horsetail. The nodes along the stem sort of give it away. There are several species that look like ferns, which is where tbe name "horsetail" came from, because people thought it looked like a horse's tail.