Category: Fronds

  • Choreography in the Woods

    Choreography in the Woods

    And the award for Choreography in the Woods goes to: Northern Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum pedatum). Slowly dancing from the soil. Unfurling its fronds. Extending its pinnae. Shedding spring rains. Northern Maidenhair Fern is native to moist forests in eastern North America. The genus name, Adiantum, comes from the Greek word, adiantos, which means, unwetted –…

  • Christmas Fern

    Christmas Fern

    A tough fern often spotted on the trails up here in the mountains. Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides), one of the most common ferns in eastern North America which is its native range. These are called crosiers, or more commonly, fiddleheads. In them I see movement, dance, music. Certainly grace and beauty. I love it in…