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Tag: Ferns

  • Fiddleheads

    Christmas Fern fiddlehead

    Fiddleheads of Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) unrolling along the Trillium Trail, Fox Chapel.

    Polystichum acrostichoides
    Fiddlehead
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  • Fiddlehead

    Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) frond unfurling in the woods.

  • Fiddleheads

    A fern rising from the leaves along the Trillium Trail in Fox Chapel.

  • Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis)

    Growing in the Kane Woods Nature Area, Scott Township.

  • Ferns in a Stone Wall

    Ferns dangle from the cracks between stones in a damp stone wall above Saw Mill Run, next to the Seldom Seen Arch.

  • Fiddlehead

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    It requires very little imagination to see why young fern leaves are called “fiddleheads.” This one was unrolling in late April along the Trillium Trail in Fox Chapel.