New York Fern fronds are tapered at both ends. This is a distinctive feature of this fern. One way to ermmeber this is that New Yorkers "burn the candle at both ends".
An entire New York Fern plant.
New York Fern in the woods.
Nice patch of New York Fern in the woods.
A young New York Fern frond in April (Great Smokey Mountains in Tennessee).
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.
(Range map provided courtesy of the USDA website
and is displayed here in accordance with their
Policies)