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Cinnamon Fern

Osmunda cinnamomea

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Field Notes

Description:

Deciduous fern with long fronds.
The fertile spore-bearing fronds are erect and shorter than the rest; they become cinnamon-colored, which gives the species its name.

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PublishedMarch 5, 2012

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