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Onoclea sensibilis  (sensitive fern)

a scan of herbarium specimen collected in the Sackville Waterfowl Park, May 23, 1996                        view photographs
(note the fertile frond is from the previous year)

photograph of sensitive fern taken in Sackville Water Fowl Park, July 27, 2000                        go to top of page
                                                                                                                                                   view photogaph of fertile frond
                                                                                                                                                   view photograph of springtime growth

photograph of fertile fronds (on the left side), October 12, 2000                go to top of page

photograph of springtime growth but also showing last year's fertile fronds, May 22, 2001,             go to top of page
taken in the Sackville Waterfowl Park.  (The ground cover is Impatiens capensis, jewelweed)