Cinnamon Fern
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum var. cinnamomeumOsmundaceae — Royal Fern family
Native
![Cinnamon Fern](/images/110506_134724.jpg)
These were about four feet tall.
![Cinnamon Fern](/images/110506_134942.jpg)
Red Clay Creek
May 2011
![Cinnamon Fern](/images/120408_140200.jpg)
![Cinnamon Fern](/images/120408_140245.jpg)
White Clay Creek State Park -- Thompson Station Road
April 2012
![Cinnamon Fern](/images/osmundastrum_cinnamomeum_5.jpg)
Sterile and fertile fronds
![Cinnamon Fern](/images/osmundastrum_cinnamomeum_6.jpg)
Fertile frond
![Cinnamon Fern](/images/osmundastrum_cinnamomeum_7.jpg)
Sterile frond
![Cinnamon Fern](/images/osmundastrum_cinnamomeum_8.jpg)
Underside of sterile frond
![Cinnamon Fern](/images/osmundastrum_cinnamomeum_9.jpg)
Tip of new sterile frond
Killens Pond State ParkMay 2013
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