Osmunda cinnamonea
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Photo courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Osmunda cinnamonea |
| Common name: | cinnamon fern |
| Group: | fern |
| Family: | Osmundaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial but deciduous |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 2-5' |
| Foliage: | grows in a symmetric clump. Stipe is round and slightly grooved |
| Flower: | separate fertile fronds are "cinnamon" colored. |
| Flowering time: | swamps, streambanks |
| Range in New Jersey: | statewide |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | New Jersey's largest fern per Hough (see sources); young "fidleheads" edible |