Claytosmunda claytoniana (Osmunda claytoniana)

Interrupted Fern

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Family: Osmundaceae (Royal Fern family)

Mid-Atlantic bloom time: March - June

Interrupted Fern gets its common name because the fertile parts "interrupt" the middle of the fronds.

29 May 2015 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA	7 June 2020 Shenandoah National Park (Central District), Virginia	22 May 2021 Shenandoah National Park (Central District), Virginia	28 May 2021 Shenandoah National Park (Central District), Virginia
22 May 2021 Shenandoah National Park (Central District), Virginia (developing spore structures)	22 May 2021 Shenandoah National Park (Central District), Virginia (spore structures)