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cinnamon fern

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cinnamon fern
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A New World fern (Osmunda cinnamomea) having narrow, spore-bearing, cinnamon-colored leaves in early spring, which are later encircled by wider sterile green leaves.
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Noun1.cinnamon ferncinnamon fern - New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible
fiddlehead fern, Osmunda cinnamonea, fiddlehead
osmund, flowering fern - any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters


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Ferns grab the attention of the beholder of their beauty, no matter what landscape they grace, and the Cinnamon Fern [Osmunda cinnamomea] is no exception This fern is a native to shady areas such as bogs, woodlands, streams, swamps and marshes in the United States, from Texas to Florida, as well as in eastern Canada
Cinnamon Fern - A Shady Deal by Tammy Sons / Home improvement and landscaping community
Dragonflies, cattails, rushes and cinnamon fern are common.
Smokies to rid areas of nonnative plants by Staff / AP News
Cinnamon fern Osmundea cinnamomea is common on sandy soil in partial shade where the water table is close to the surface.
Fern fiddleheads: the succulent stalks of spring by Thayer, Sam / Countryside & Small Stock Journal
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