Description ²

• Fiddleheads: emerge early spring, brown stems covered in silvery gray hair
• Fronds: top of stem a whorl of 3 leaves, each 2 or 3 times compound, generally triangular in outline, leaf blade 2 to 4 feet long, 1 to 3 feet wide, leaves held nearly erect to almost horizontal, parallel to the ground
• Spores: develop mid to late June on underside of leaves in continuous narrow band along leaf edge, rolled edges may cover them
• Fruiting season: Summer
• Height: 1-3 feet
• Habitat: upland woods, woodland edges

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Kari Pihlaviita, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/42267636@N08/7308232936/
2. (c) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora Digital de Portugal
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Go Botany
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• NBN Atlas
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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