Delaware Wildflowers • Families • Dryopteridaceae
Polystichum acrostichoides
Christmas FernDryopteridaceae — Wood Fern family
Native
Fiddleheads
White Clay Creek State Park -- Pump House RoadApril 2007
White Clay Creek State Park -- Possum Hill
August 2011
Two fronds, same plant, same day.
Developing sporangia (the little balls) and indusia (the discs that cover them.)
The remains of the sporangia and indusia. The spores have been released.
White Clay Creek State Park -- Thompson Station RoadSeptember 2011
White Clay Creek State Park -- Judge Morris Estate
April 2020
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