Pteretis struthiopteris

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Pteretis struthiopteris - tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes fiddlehead, Matteuccia struthiopteris, Onoclea struthiopteris, ostrich fern, shuttlecock fern fern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores genus Matteuccia, genus Pteretis, Matteuccia, Pteretis - small genus sometimes included in genus Onoclea; in some classifications both genera are placed in Polypodiaceae