Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

Cinnamon Fern

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Family: Osmundaceae ( family)

Mid-Atlantic bloom time: March - May

Cinnamon Fern is noted for its tall fertile cinnamon-colored spikes. It has tufts of white to light brown hairs at the base of its pinna.

10 May 2014 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA	29 May 2015 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA	29 May 2015 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA	29 May 2015 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA
29 May 2015 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA	18 May 2017 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Landmark, VA	24 April 2017 Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, VA	18 May 2017 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Landmark, VA (emerging frond)
18 May 2017 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Landmark, VA (close-up of fertile rachis)	18 May 2017 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Landmark, VA (spore-bearing structures)	18 May 2017 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Landmark, VA (spore-bearing structures)	2 June 2024 Riverbend Regional Park, Great Falls, VA (tufts of hairs at base of pinna)

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