Description ²

• Fiddleheads: emerging early spring, densely covered in woolly hair, hair is quickly lost
• Fronds: twice compound, up to 3 feet long, broadly egg-shaped in outline, leaflets about 2 inches long and ¾ inch wide, minutely toothed around edges, forked veins, blunt tips, somewhat heart-shaped to nearly straight across the base, little or no stalk, typically alternate with 7 to 10 on each side of stem
• Spores: Bead-like capsules containing spores attached to a stalk growing at tip of leaf
• Fruiting season: Summer
• Height: 3-6 feet
• Habitat: swamps, wet woods, stream banks, shallow water

Fontes e Créditos

1. (c) alexlomas, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/51464530@N00/2944511926
2. (c) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA)

Mais informações

• BioDiversity4All taxon page
• African Plants - a photo guide
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora Digital de Portugal
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• NBN Atlas
• New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
• OregonFlora.org
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• World Flora Online

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