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Plants
A big vase of green fronds around a stiff cinnamon-brown fertile spike.
Field facts
HabitatSwamps, seeps, bog margins
RangeNorthern and southern Indiana
When to lookFertile fronds May to June
StatusSecure (Indiana DNR / IUCN Red List)
Look-alikesInterrupted Fern, Royal Fern
Field note: The woolly fuzz at the frond base is a favourite hummingbird nest material.
Lesson
Watching responsibly
Wetland fern crowns are decades old; do not step into the clump.
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