. The fern lover's companion; a guide for the Northeastern States and Canada. Interrupted Fern. Osmunda Claytoniana The Fern Lovers Companion 181 The fronds have a lihiish-green tint; they mature theirspores about the last of May. The sterile fronds may bedistinguished from those of the cinnamon fern by nothaving retained, like those, a tuft of wool at the base ofeach pinna. Besides, in Claytons fern the fronds arebroader, blunter and thinner in texture, and the segmentsmore rounded; the fronds are also more inclined to curveoutwards. They turn yellow in the fall, at times flood-ing the woods
. The fern lover's companion; a guide for the Northeastern States and Canada. Interrupted Fern. Osmunda Claytoniana The Fern Lovers Companion 181 The fronds have a lihiish-green tint; they mature theirspores about the last of May. The sterile fronds may bedistinguished from those of the cinnamon fern by nothaving retained, like those, a tuft of wool at the base ofeach pinna. Besides, in Claytons fern the fronds arebroader, blunter and thinner in texture, and the segmentsmore rounded; the fronds are also more inclined to curveoutwards. They turn yellow in the fall, at times flood-ing the woods with golden light, l)ut soon smitten l)y theearly frosts they wither and disappear. The interruptedfern is rather common in damp, rocky woods and jiastures;. Interrupted Fern witli the Fertile Pinnules Spread Open 182 The Feex Lovers Companion New-foundland to [Minnesota, south to North Carohna andMissouri. Although fond of moisture it is easily culti-vated and its graceful outlines make it worthy of a promi-nent place in the fern garden. Yar. dubia has the pinnulesof the sterile frond widely sei)arated. and the ui)iier-middle ones much elongated. Southern ^erniont. (3) Cinnamon Fern. BrakesOsmunda cinnamomea Fronds one to six feet long, pinnate. Pinn;i? lanceo-late, pinnatifid with oblong, olituse divisions. Fertilepinna? on separate fronds, which are contracted and cov-ered with brown sporangia.
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