Delaware Wildflowers • Scientific names

Osmundastrum cinnamomeum (L.) C. Presl var. cinnamomeum
(Osmunda cinnamomea)
Cinnamon Fern
Osmundaceae — Royal Fern family
Native
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum var. cinnamomeum
These were about four feet tall.

Osmundastrum cinnamomeum var. cinnamomeum
Red Clay Creek
May 2011
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum var. cinnamomeum
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum var. cinnamomeum
White Clay Creek State Park -- Thompson Station Road
April 2012
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum var. cinnamomeum
Sterile and fertile fronds

Osmundastrum cinnamomeum var. cinnamomeum
Fertile frond

Osmundastrum cinnamomeum var. cinnamomeum
Sterile frond

Osmundastrum cinnamomeum var. cinnamomeum
Underside of sterile frond

Osmundastrum cinnamomeum var. cinnamomeum
Tip of new sterile frond
Killens Pond State Park
May 2013

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