Sensitive Fern – Fertile Frond

Sensitive Fern – Fertile Frond

Sensitive Fern Onoclea sensibilis L. Sensitive fern has distinctively broad fronds that may spread by rhizomes. Infertile fronds are greenĀ  and die-back. Fertile fronds are shorter and bear spore producing bodies at the rolled edges. These fronds turn dark with age...
Sensitive Fern – Sterile Frond

Sensitive Fern – Sterile Frond

Sensitive Fern Onoclea sensibilis L. Sensitive fern has distinctively broad fronds that may spread by rhizomes. Infertile fronds are greenĀ  and die-back. Fertile fronds are shorter and bear spore producing bodies at the rolled edges. These fronds turn dark with age...
Cinnamon Fern – Fertile Fronds

Cinnamon Fern – Fertile Fronds

Cinnamon Fern Click on image to enlarge You can run but not hide You can run but not hide You can run but not hide Cinnamon Fern Osmunda cinnamomea L. Cinnamon fern is a tall (1.0 m or more), erect fern where cinnamon-brown spore producing stalks appear before the...
Cinnamon Fern – Mature Plant

Cinnamon Fern – Mature Plant

Cinnamon Fern Osmunda cinnamomea L. Cinnamon fern is a tall (1.0 m or more), erect fern where cinnamon-brown spore producing stalks appear before the pale green, leafy and infertile fronds. The fertile stalks are much smaller, brown and densely woolly . The sterile...
Cinnamon Fern – Young Fronds

Cinnamon Fern – Young Fronds

Cinnamon Fern Osmunda cinnamomea L. Cinnamon fern is a tall (1.0 m or more), erect fern where cinnamon-brown spore producing stalks appear before the pale green, leafy and infertile fronds. The fertile stalks are much smaller, brown and densely woolly . The sterile...