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Cinnamon Fern

Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

Description:

As the fern emerges from the ground in early spring it is covered in a light brownish-colored wool but it is quickly lost.

Habitat:

gravel, next to a water ditch.

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5 Comments

Greg Shchepanek
Greg Shchepanek 5 years ago

Thank you Shellys Vintage, this is either a cinnamon or interrupted fern, judging by the size I would say cinnamon. Thank you very much for the correction.

Shellys Vintage
Shellys Vintage 5 years ago

Ostrich fern fiddleheads do not have hair. They have brown parchment.

See here....
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/298...

Must be something else :)

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

Interesting!

C.Sydes
C.Sydes 11 years ago

beautiful, nice spoting

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 11 years ago

Fantástico bellas series

Greg Shchepanek
Spotted by
Greg Shchepanek

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Spotted on Apr 16, 2012
Submitted on Apr 17, 2012

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