A central cluster of five brown stalks with brown beads poke up from the snow. The sterile green fronds of the Sensitive fern are long gone, but these fertile stalks persist
Just like us in the 6-degree weather of Upstate New York, these Sensitive fern sporophylls are waiting for spring! They will release their spores in March and April #ferns #fernfans #sensitiveferns #beadfern #spores #dimorphicferns #winternature
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