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• n  tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
• n  New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible

• In New England woods the fiddlehead ferns were unfolding, and blankets of wisteria spread over the houses.
• On the forest floor, a tiny white butterfly alights on a fiddlehead fern.
• In New England woods the fiddlehead ferns were unfolding, and blankets of wisteria spread over the houses.

• ostrich fern
• shuttlecock fern
• Matteuccia struthiopteris
• Pteretis struthiopteris
• Onoclea struthiopteris
• cinnamon fern
• fiddlehead fern
• Osmunda cinnamonea

News & Articles

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• The Strand lands Fiddlehead as new ‘resident’ company
  The city of Boston has formed a partnership with the Fiddlehead Theatre Company, which will be officially named the “resident theatre company” at the Strand Theatre during a public event scheduled for today. The designation will boost year-round activity at the landmark, city-owned theatre and guarantee that a minimum of two, high-caliber musicals will hit the stage for multi-week runs in the ...
  July 25, 2013 - Dorchester Reporter