Sensitive Fern

Description:

The sterile and fertile fronds of this fern are quite different. The bright, yellow-green sterile fronds are deeply pinnatifid and are typically borne at intervals along a creeping rhizome. They grow to about 90 cm long, with a long, smooth stipe. The fertile fronds are much smaller, non-green, and have very narrow pinnae.

Habitat:

temperate forest, swamps,

Notes:

There were a lot of sensitive ferns growing in Short Hills Provincial Park.