Dennstaedtia punctilobula gallery
A common fern of the woods often covering large areas
Hay-Scented Fern Gallery
Unfurling fronds and habitat
Colyer Lake (Centre Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 04/21/2019
Fiddleheads
Toftrees Woods (Centre Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 04/23/2022
Fiddlehead
Bradford Co
by Colin Gillette on 04/24/2022
Fiddlehead
Bradford Co
by Colin Gillette on 04/24/2022
Unfurling fronds
Toftrees Woods (Centre Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 04/27/2021
Baby shoot in early spring
Scotia Barrens (Centre Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 04/28/2011
Unfurling fiddlehead
Young shoots start to unfurl in the end of April.
Scotia Barrens (Centre Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 04/28/2011
Fiddlehead
Toftrees Woods (Centre Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 04/28/2021
Adult frond
Sunset Park Trail (Centre Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 05/14/2017
Growth deviation
Black Moshannon (Centre Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 06/17/2018
Hay-scented fern colony
Black Moshannon (Centre Co)
by PAEnflowered on 06/17/2018
Fern colony
Black Moshannon (Centre Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 06/20/2015
Pinnae
Mount Pisgah State Park (Bradford Co)
by Colin Gillette on 07/11/2022
Frond
Mount Pisgah State Park (Bradford Co)
by Colin Gillette on 07/11/2022
Stipe
Mount Pisgah State Park (Bradford Co)
by Colin Gillette on 07/11/2022
Sori
Mount Pisgah State Park (Bradford Co)
by Colin Gillette on 07/12/2022
Sori
Scotia Barrens (Centre Co)
by PAEnflowered on 08/05/2011
Growing frond
Scotia Barrens (Centre Co)
by PAEnflowered on 08/05/2011
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
Black Moshannon (Centre Co)
by PAEnflowered on 08/13/2017
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