Onoclea sensibilis gallery

Distinctive sori of this fern persist through winter

Sensitive Fern Gallery

Opening frond
Fiddlehead
Sori
Meadowgrounds lake (Fulton Co)
by Larry Granville on 05/07/2019
Frond & pinnae
Fertile fronds and habitat
Sterile fronds by water
Young frond

Sometimes new frond generations come from dormant buds if the mature leaves got damaged.

Toftrees Woods (Centre Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 08/23/2021
In late season
Withered frond and sori in late fall