Bracken Fern – Emerging Frond

Bracken Fern – Emerging Frond

Bracken Fern Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. latiusculum (Desv.) Underw. Reproduces by spores and dark, spreading underground rhizomes. Emerging fronds are hairy and fiddlehead-likeĀ  but unfold into compound fronds that are triangular in outline on long woody...
Bracken Fern – Infestation

Bracken Fern – Infestation

Bracken Fern Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. latiusculum (Desv.) Underw. Reproduces by spores and dark, spreading underground rhizomes. Emerging fronds are hairy and fiddlehead-likeĀ  but unfold into compound fronds that are triangular in outline on long woody...
Sweet Fern – Fruit

Sweet Fern – Fruit

Sweet Fern Comptonia peregrina (L.) Coult. A much-branched shrub that spreads by rhizomes forming dense patches. It has long (10 cm), narrow, lobed, and fragrant leaves. Male and female flowers are borne in birch-like catkins. The male catkins are green to brown and...
Sweet Fern – Male Catkin

Sweet Fern – Male Catkin

Sweet Fern Comptonia peregrina (L.) Coult. A much-branched shrub that spreads by rhizomes forming dense patches. It has long (10 cm), narrow, lobed, and fragrant leaves. Male and female flowers are borne in birch-like catkins. The male catkins are green to brown and...
Sweet Fern – Leaves

Sweet Fern – Leaves

Sweet Fern Comptonia peregrina (L.) Coult. A much-branched shrub that spreads by rhizomes forming dense patches. It has long (10 cm), narrow, lobed, and fragrant leaves. Male and female flowers are borne in birch-like catkins. The male catkins are green to brown and...