Dennstaedtia punctilobula gallery

A common fern of the woods often covering large areas

Hay-Scented Fern Gallery

Unfurling fronds and habitat
Fiddlehead
Fiddlehead
Unfurling fronds
Baby shoot in early spring
Unfurling fiddlehead

Young shoots start to unfurl in the end of April.

Scotia Barrens (Centre Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 04/28/2011
Growing frond
Rachis (stem) and pinnules (leaflets)

Rachis is straw-colored and covered with hairs.

Scotia Barrens (Centre Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 08/05/2011
Growth pattern
Autumn morph

Morphed forms tend to occur in the end of growing season.

Scotia Barrens (Centre Co)
by PAEnflowered on 09/18/2011
Autumn field