Other common names:
Flowering Fern, Regal Fern French names:
Osmonde royale varieté brillante Family: Flowering Fern Family (Osmundaceae) Leaves: Twice divided Height:
1-2 m (2-5 ft) Habitat: Wet Areas; Swamps and other wet areas. Native/Non-native:
Native Status:
Common.
Notes:
This is the only vascular plant found on all seven continents.
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Here's a couple of the large Royal Fern fronds.
A whole plant. C} likes to grow in very wet areas.
Some leaflets.
A nice stand of Royal Fern.
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This shows the leaf and frond shapes nicely.
A herbarium specimen
(Royal Botanical Gardens Herbarium,Burlington,Ontario).
Herbarium specimen showing a closeup of the leaflets.
(Royal Botanical Gardens Herbarium,Burlington,Ontario).
Fertile fronds.
Fertile frond of a different plant.
Fiddlehead unfurling in the spring (late May).
Last year's plants in winter.
Note the persistent end leaflets.
Closeup view of one of the persistent end leaflets.
PLEASE NOTE: A coloured Province or State means this species occurs somewhere in that Province/State.
The entire Province/State is coloured, regardless of where in that Province/State it occurs.
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