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Ostrich Fern

Matteuccia struthiopteris

Photo by Jacob Gorneau
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Little Tank
Looks like the fertile frond of an ostrich fern. If you know where you found it, go back in another couple weeks (who knows, this year - now?) and look for fiddle heads! They should be hairless and have a deep groove on the inside edge of the stalk, a U-shape in cross-section. frond: http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=ostrich+fern&view=detail&id=67C9211EF11C2098C333DAAA572102398A05D317&first=91&FORM=IDFRIR ostrich fern fiddlehead: http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=ostrich+fern&view=detail&id=B0456309C6C426F917C92F475053428DF8B973B6&first=151&FORM=IDFRIR
Jacob Gorneau
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteridium_aquilinum What about this?
Dan Doucette
It's hard to distinguish even with live ferns. I'm not that great with ferns, this does look familiar as we are in the same area but I'm not sure which fern it is.
Jacob Gorneau
Do you know any certain species, or is it hard to distinguish dead ferns?

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