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Fiddleheads or fiddlehead greens are the furled fronds from a fledgling fern, [1] harvested for use as a vegetable. Left on the plant, each fiddlehead would unroll into a new frond (circinate vernation). As fiddleheads are harvested early in the season, before the frond has opened and reached its full height, they are cut fairly close to the ...
Cibotium glaucum, the hāpu‘u pulu, is a species of fern in the family Cyatheaceae, native to Hawaii. [2] [1] A slow-growing tree fern typically 6 to 10 ft (2 to 3 m) tall but reaching 25 ft (8 m), it is hardy in USDA zones 10 through 12.
Matteuccia is a genus of ferns with one species: Matteuccia struthiopteris (common names ostrich fern, fiddlehead fern, or shuttlecock fern). [4] The species epithet struthiopteris comes from Ancient Greek words στρουθίων ( strouthíōn ) "ostrich" and πτερίς ( pterís ) "fern".
Like its relative Osmundastrum cinnamomeum ("cinnamon fern"), the fertile fronds become brown-colored and contain spores. The sterile (vegetative) fronds resemble those of Osmunda regalis ("royal fern"), another relative of O. japonica. In some parts of China, Tibet, and Japan, the young fronds or fiddleheads of O. japonica are used as a ...
A growing fern frond unfurling. Unfurling fiddlehead fern frond. A frond is a large, divided leaf. [1] In both common usage and botanical nomenclature, the leaves of ferns are referred to as fronds [2] and some botanists restrict the term to this group. [3]
The expanding frond forms a fiddlehead or koru. Sphaeropteris medullaris will grow from fresh spores, but this is slow. Plants are easy to transplant when they are young. It is also possible to plant newly felled trunks which will generally sprout again, provided they are watered with care. They are hardy in various conditions once established.
Adiantum (/ ˌ æ d i ˈ æ n t əm /), [1] the maidenhair fern (not to be confused with the similar-looking maidenhair spleenwort fern), is a genus of about 250 species of ferns in the subfamily Vittarioideae of the family Pteridaceae, [2] though some researchers place it in its own family, Adiantaceae.
Marsilea drummondii is a species of fern known by the common name nardoo. [2] It is native to Australia, where it is widespread and common, particularly in inland regions. It is a rhizomatous perennial aquatic fern that roots in mud substrates and produces herbage that floats on the surface of quiet water bodies.