Ostrich Fern
Scientific Name:Matteuccia struthiopteris


NOTES: Native to temperate regions of North America, Europe, and northern Asia. Dark brown, spike-like fertile fronds arise in mid-summer and persist through winter. Emerging spring fiddleheads edible if cooked. Deciduous.

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Ostrich Fern
Genus species: Matteuccia struthiopteris
Common Name: Ostrich Fern
Family Name: Onocleaceae  
Seed Type: Gymnosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Fern
CNC Habitat: Krippendorf Arboretum
Herb Wall

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