Forked Fiddleheads
by Paul Rebmann
Title
Forked Fiddleheads
Artist
Paul Rebmann
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Side view of twin fiddleheads of drooping forked fern. At the fork, two young fronds can be seen growing out to each side with the characteristic stunted frond in the middle.
This image has been featured in the following groups:
A Gorgeous Green - Nature and Photography only (1/31/23) &
Best of Botanical Beauty (1/30/23)
A rare fern of open disturbed slopes in the central peninsula and also found in scattered locations from south Florida to the western Panhandle. The distribution includes Alabama, the Caribbean, Central America and South America.
A distinctive fern with fronds repeatedly branching into forked pairs. Blades are lanceolate in outline, 9-30cm (3-1/2 to 12 in.) long and 2-6cm (3/4 to 2-1/3 in.) wide, deeply pinnatifed with alternately arranged pinnules. Stems, petioles and rachis may be green, straw-colored or reddish-brown. Clusters of round yellowish sporangia are arranged near the midrib.
(Subject description from the artist's Wild Florida Photo website www.wildflphoto.com)
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January 30th, 2023
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