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Location: my brothers garden, Vichte, Belgium
Date: 29th April 2006
Freshly unfolding fronds, in setting sunlight..
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2013-01-06
Fertile fronds over the winter.
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2020-05-09
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2008-04-25
Tennessee.gov/Tennessee State Parks
Location: Hortus Lapidarius
Date: 2024-03-23
Not real bloom but fertile leaves
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2017-05-07

Date: 2021-10-06
Photo by Hamwild
Location: Temple, Texas
Date: 2021-08-28
First leaf and first 'fiddlehead' emerging from 1 week old planti
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-04-22
very first sign of growth, late April in Pennsylvania
Location: my back yard
Date: 2012-04-22
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2016-05-07
Lovely beside a stream
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2016-05-08
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2007-04-09
Unfolding fern frond
Location: my brothers garden, Vichte, Belgium
Date: 2006-04-29
Photo by Hamwild
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2001
Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris). Wild plant in natural h
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2011-05-23
Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris). Wild plant in natural h
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2011-05-23
Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris). Wild plant in natural h
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2011-05-23
Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris). Wild plant in natural h
Location: my back yard
Date: 2014-05-29
Location: my front yard
Date: 2011-07-18
Location: Stroud Land Preserve in southeast PA
Date: 2012-12-04
fertile fronds in winter
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2013-06-02
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2011-05-23
Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris). Wild plant in natural h
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2011-05-23
Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris). Wild plant in natural h
Location: my front yard
Date: 2014-05-30
Location: Ontario, Canada Zone 5a
Date: 2008-05-25
just starting to emerge in the Spring
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-11-17
Fertile fronds with mature spores..
Photo by glengarry23

Photo Courtesy of Prairie Nursery. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: West Chester, Pennsylvania
Date: 2011-05-10
group in a garden
Location: West Chester, Pennsylvania
Date: 2014-05-12
colony in circle with fronds mostly unfolded
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2013-04-19
Emerging spring growth, overwintered fertile fronds

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2001
Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris). Wild plant in natural h

Image Courtesy of Bloomin Designs Nursery Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2011-05-23
Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthipteris). Wild plant in natural ha

Date: May 2005
photo by Kropsoq
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-05-03
colonizing - 1 originally, now over a dozen
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2009-05-09
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-09-27
Location: Des Plaines, IL
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-05-03
new leaf unfurling
Location: Stroud Land Preserve in southeast PA
Date: 2012-12-04
colony with the fertile fronds upright
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date: 2017-06-07
Location: Apple Valley MN
Date: 2018-05-04
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2008-04-16
Great plant for water borders! Growing by my pond..
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2005-08-31
Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris). Wild plant in natural h
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2003
Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris). Wild plant in natural h
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 1998
Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris). Wild plant in natural h
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-10-21
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-04-29
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-05-06
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-07-04
This specimen has been in the ground here for one year.
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-05-07
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-04-15

Date: 2013-04-01
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-11-17
Fertile frond with mature spores..

Date: 2013-04-01
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-04-19

Date: 2013-04-30
Young ostrich fern

Date: 2014-07-02

Photo Courtesy of Prairie Nursery. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2014-07-02

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-04-01
heart of the fern with frond buds ready to unfold
Location: Pembroke, GA
Date: 2016-08-21
Photo courtesy of Santa Rosa Gardens. Used with permission.
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2012-03-29
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2006-06-04
Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris). Wild plant in natural h
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2006-06-04
Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris). Wild plant in natural h
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2012-03-31
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2006-06-04
Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris). Wild plant in natural h

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2001
Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris). Wild plant in natural h
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2001
Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris). Wild plant in natural h
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2001
Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris). Wild plant in natural h
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2001
Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris). Wild plant in natural h
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2003
Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris). Wild plant in natural h

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