Description ²

• Fiddleheads: emerge early spring, bright red to maroon stems sparsely covered in tiny, pale scales
• Fronds: compound, narrowly triangular in outline, widest at the base, 4 to 24 inches long, 2 to 5 inches wide, leaflets; irregularly toothed, veins branched and terminate in notches between teeth
• Spores: groups of spores found on underside of leaf, circular and arranged in a row along one or both sides of leaflet midvein about halfway to edge
• Fruiting season: Mid-summer
• Height: 12-30 inches
• Habitat: shaded slopes, shaded banks, bluffs, talus slopes, swamps
• Other: Larger round bulblets also frequently form along the stalk; these eventually fall off and form new plants

Fontes e Créditos

1. (c) Anita, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/61897811@N00/3037269344
2. (c) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA)

Mais informações

• BioDiversity4All taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Go Botany
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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