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Unidentified Fern

Photo by beaker98
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Deciduous/fen habitat

Notes:

I have no idea what type of fern this is, or even how to determine what species it is. I love the curling effect though.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
Tom15
Bill, I'm not much ahead of you with plants, but I've eaten fiddleheads before, so I knew about them:-)
beaker98
Thanks Tom! I did not know that, as I'm really lousy at plant ID and most information related to it. You can tell by my photo collection that I am starting to work on that. I figured spring is the perfect time to start.
Tom15
Nice spotting! Not sure what species of fern this is, but this curled up stage is called a fiddlehead. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiddlehead_fern
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PublishedApril 27, 2014

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