Delaware Wildflowers • Scientific names
Polystichum acrostichoides
Christmas FernDryopteridaceae — Wood Fern family
Native
![Polystichum acrostichoides](/images/polystichum_acrostichoides.jpg)
Fiddleheads
White Clay Creek State Park -- Pump House RoadApril 2007
![Polystichum acrostichoides](/images/110806_130113.jpg)
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White Clay Creek State Park -- Possum Hill
August 2011
![Polystichum acrostichoides](/images/110912_131125.jpg)
Two fronds, same plant, same day.
![Polystichum acrostichoides](/images/110912_132750.jpg)
Developing sporangia (the little balls) and indusia (the discs that cover them.)
![Polystichum acrostichoides](/images/110911_131150.jpg)
The remains of the sporangia and indusia. The spores have been released.
White Clay Creek State Park -- Thompson Station RoadSeptember 2011
![Polystichum acrostichoides](/images/polystichum_acrostichoides_8.jpg)
White Clay Creek State Park -- Judge Morris Estate
April 2020
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