Northern Bracken - Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens

Widespread in the Park to about 3000 feet, especially abundant in disturbed places such as road and trailsides, but also in open forests. Photographed on the Comet Falls Trail, July 10, 2014.  The unusual fiddlehead of this fern was photographed on Westside Road on May 9, 2017.

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