Soft shield fern, Polystichum setiferum, frond unfurling in spring.

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Keywords: circinate, crook, crozier, fern, ferns, fiddlehead, frond, plant, polystichum, pteridophyte, pteridophytes, setiferum, shepherds, shield, soft, vascular, vernation