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 – referring to the way the fronds repel water.

Such beauty and grace in nature.