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Fiddlehead fern

Photo by Dan Hatch
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Field Notes

Description:

Ranging from a few centimeters to about two feet high

Growing near a rotten log in a pine forest in northwest Florida, zone 8a. Pictures taken March 30,2014

Smaller ones curl, taller ones stand erect

I've walked a few miles back in this area and this is the only batch I found

Habitat:

Pine forest northwest Florida

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Fiddlehead fern

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
LivanEscudero
Immature fern fronds and fiddleheads. I don't know what kind.

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Plants of the South East, USA
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedMarch 31, 2014

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