The light green lacy compound fronds may reach 2 m (6.6 ft) in length and are 3-pinnate or more.

[7] Pteris tremula is a fairly easy plant to grow in the home garden, where it prefers a shady spot.

[8] It prefers fair drainage with some moisture retention in the soil and filtered morning light.

[6] In the 1950s it was reported to be the most commonly cultivated Pteris species in the United States of America.

[9] The botanist Robert Brown published this plant in the year 1810, in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae, and still bears its original name.