Cinnamon fern fiddlehead (Osmondastrum cinnamomeum), Little River Canyon National Preserve, 2014.
Summary
Fiddleheads are the furled fronds of a young fern that can be harvested as a vegetable. Left on the plant, each fiddlehead unrolls into a new frond. The fiddleheads of certain ferns are eaten as a cooked leaf vegetable, including the fiddlehead of this cinnamon fern.
Tags
fiddlehead fern
fern
fiddlehead
furled frond
plant
cinnamon fern
little river canyon national preserve
cinnamon fern fiddlehead
osmondastrum cinnamomeum
fiddleheads
fronds
leaf vegetable
vegetable
national parks gallery
high resolution
alabama
Date
2014
Source
National Parks Gallery
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