Soft shield fern frond (Polystichum setiferum) unfurling.

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Keywords: botanical, botany, curled, developing, fern, fiddlehead, frond, horticultural, horticulture, immature, juvenile, nature, plant, polystichum, pteridophyte, pteridophytes, setiferum, shield, single, soft, spring, summer, uncurling, unfolding, unfurling, young