Other common names:
Bead Fern French names:
Onoclée sensible Family: Wood Fern Family (Dryopteridaceae) Similar species: •
None - this species is distinctive. Fronds: Once divided Height:
Up to 30 cm (12 in) Habitat:
Wet woods Grows in Sun/Shade:
Sun Native/Non-native:
Native Status:
Very common.
Notes:
Fertile stalk persists throught the winter. Photographs:
152 photographs available, of which 15 are featured on this page. SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.
Typical Sensitive Fern habitat.
Here you can see where it got its other common name, Bead Fern.
Sensitive Fern is very photogenic in the rain!
Spring shoots unfurling.
Singing about the virtues of Sensitive Fern and wetlands ... Okay, okay, I'm letting my imagination run wild!
The sori.
Later in the season they turn dark.
Sensitive Fern fronds after a frost.
In the winter.
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