| Date | Location | Notes | Images |
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| June 11, 2012 | Southeastern, New Hampshire |
I love ferns (and plants) that are easy to identify! Remember that
Cinnamon Fern (Osmunda cinnamomea) has a separate fertile frond (leaf) with
cinnamon-colored spore-bearing leaflets completely covering the leaf blade. In
the case of Interrupted fern, the fertile fronds have regular leaflets that
are interrupted by several sets of dark brown spore-bearing leaflets. The slightly
shorter sterile fronds have no spore-bearing leaflets. The first picture to the
right shows a fertile frond with three sets of dark brown spore-bearing leaflets. The fronds are large and grow in a circle. The leaf stalk (stipe) has tan wooly hairs. The fiddleheads are stout with white to light tan wooly hairs. The leaves are bipinnate. Royal Fern (Osmunda regalis) is similar to Interrupted Fern except the spore-bearing leaflets are produced at the apex of the leaf blade. |
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