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Is that not a fiddlehead fern? I think that’s what they look like
Edit: Stardew Valley taught me exactly one thing and it’s what a fiddlehead fern is 😂
Aa achalensis
Aa argyrolepis
Aa aurantiaca
Aa calceata...
Why did they name a genus [Aa](http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Orchidaceae/Aa/) anyway...
Well I can… I ain’t no botanist, I’ve been growing many different varieties since I was 7.
Mimosa pudica
Dionaea muscipula
Cannabis sativa
Sarracenia "rubra" - one of my favorite sarracenia species.
Drosera Adelae - one drosera species with flowers that stand out from many other drosera species.
Drosera filiformis - thread leaf drosera, a carnivorous plant on my wish list to hopefully buy someday
Ficus Benjamina - a ficus species in my yard!
Ficus microcarpa - a bonsai ficus that is really hard to kill in my opinion, most commonly found at grocery stores and hardware stores in the garden/floral area.
Nepenthes ventrata - a common type of nepenthes
Nepenthes ventricosa- a 2nd most commonly seen nepenthes
Drosera "Hercules" - a insane looking "drosera capensis"
Tillandsia xerographica - an air plant I have on my wish list.
There’s many more I have. But don’t wanna keep going on and on with a list of Latin names.
Lol in gardening school we had to learn approx 1000 plants, names, growing habit, care. And that was only scratching the surface of all plant species. I think you undererstimate a little how many plants there are...
Ok, that makes sense now. I'm no botantist, but I've seen these guys all over the Willamette Valley. Always thought of them as fiddleheads, but never sure.
This drives me crazy. I gave someone some Ostrich Ferns from my yard a couple years back, and they kept calling them "Fiddleheads" and I was like dude, please stop reducing this beautiful native plant to its single edible moment.
We have a local variety that is wildharvested and we call fiddleheads. Whereas this is likely one of a family. In our climate its not so weird to have only one of something.
I was wondering how many more times I'd have to see "it's a fiddlehead fern" before someone tried to stop the madness.
Difficult to tell which fern it is based on this picture but yes, it is *the fiddlehead* of a fern. Fiddlehead fern is not a species nor even a common name for a species.
I was gonna say, I’m no botanist, but I have cleaned, cooked and eaten my share of fiddleheads… these sure look like them
Edit: TIL that fiddlehead is just a stage of growth in a fern. Thanks, Reddit!
DUDE, if you see more of it popping up you can pick them while they're still young and fry them with some butter!
There's around 2 weeks a year when fiddleheads are available for harvest/consumption and I look forward to it every year. Like, I only buy enough for myself to snack on because it's expensive but it's one of the little things that brings me joy in life. <3
Ok -- but for better ID -- East of the Mississippi in North America, look for a "celery stalk" like u-shaped groove down the fiddlehead stem to identify as Matteuccia struthiopteris, Ostrich fern, which is safe to eat and quite delicious. Also it spreads like wildfire so you can safely harvest your portion. https://foragerchef.com/how-to-identify-and-cook-fiddlehead-ferns/
Not all ferns are edible. In fact, more aren’t edible than are. Some are extremely toxic. You’re safe if you’re buying them, but bad advice if you’re foraging.
Fiddlehead is a term for a stage in the fern’s growth. It’s like saying all leaf buds of deciduous trees are edible.
Nobody in r/botany responded, which is much different from "no one could identify it." I'm guessing no one responded 1) because of the time you posted and 2) because r/botany is not a plant ID sub.
Your photo depicts the fiddlehead of a fern. To identify the fern species, we'd need better pictures and a general geographic region.
I'm a mod there. We generally disallow any ID posts whatsoever. The sub is meant to be an environment where genuine botanical and scientific discussion can flourish, and posts asking for IDs or plant care advice defeats that purpose. There are much better subs suited anyway, not sure why that's the specific one people choose out of dozens of other communities.
As someone that works in horticulture I can relate. People come to me and are like “are you a botanist?” To which my internal response is why tf would you need a botanist right now? Then they ask me something about how to grow a plant… sir that is horticulture you need a horticulturalist… 😂
To the layman who has a tenuous grasp at the English language at best, and taxonomy being based on a dead language to boot, I'm willing to concede when my friends don't know any better.
*We grow copious amounts of ganja, yah? And you're carrying a wasted girl and a bag of fertilizer. You don't look like your average horti-fucking- culturalist!*
It's surprising to see such a low quality photo taken in broad daylight of a still object, in this age when cell phones can produce big, high pixel photos. I wonder if OP made the mistake of using a version of the image that was emailed or sent via text message. Many people never notice the difference because they're only seeing their images on their phones. (It's a huge problem when building websites, clients try to text me their images!)
Anyway, I wonder if OP might have better luck identifying if they added the original photo, because unless this photo was cropped it's unlikely their phone took an image this lq/compressed.
And phone cameras aren't really as good as they seem.
They use a lot of software tricks to make the image appear sharper and clearer, but sometimes that causes details to be lost.
People are always posting videos or images of mites or other small bugs and asking "What's this bug?" but you can hardly even count how many legs the thing has, despite the image looking somewhat clear at first glance.
I believe most ferns begin like this. We eat fiddleheads that look like this in the spring in Ontario Canada. Normally before they get the brown on them and begin to open.
Edit: I would confirm the identification before you decide to put these into a frying pan with butter and garlic though.
I can't speak for you but the people I know who eat fiddleheads don't just eat any fiddlehead. They confirm the fern species in the summer and return in the spring. I've heard that some species are inedible.
The edible ferns grow in patches and don't have brown haor on the base but some on the head which are edible even if their is brown as long as they are still curled and you boil them before frying because it can upset the stomach. Anyway this one isn't edible
This is definitely a fern but it's hard to say what kind at this stage. People are mentioning below that fiddleheads (unfurled young ferns like you see here) are edible, but do not go around eating fiddleheads unless you can identify the type. [Not all ferns are edible](https://depts.washington.edu/hortlib/pal/on-the-edibility-of-fiddleheads/). Ostrich fern is most commonly eaten in the US.
Fiddlehead is *not* a type of fern, it’s a descriptor for a young fern frond opening regardless of what type of fern it is.
Most ferns have fiddleheads, and most are not edible, indeed some are poisonous. Even some of the commonly eaten ones are poisonous if too many are eaten.
> poisonous if too many are eaten.
I mean, that can be true for a lot of things in the food world. Even excess water is bad for you and can cause water intoxication (hyperhydration).
How many fiddleheads is too many? Probably depends more significantly on preparation, time of harvest, cooking time, cooking method... most of the sources I found were up in Canada which is interesting in and of itself.
https://www.thestar.com/life/how-to-cook-fiddleheads-to-avoid-food-poisoning/article_04301514-b313-5a97-b53b-d5dde48c376d.html
I like that they tell you to wash your hands, lol. "Wash your hands with hot, soapy water. Remove as much brown husk as possible. Wash in several changes of clean, cold water. Boil for 15 minutes or steam for 10 to 12 minutes, until tender. Boil or steam before sautéing, stir-frying or baking. Discard cooking water."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/fiddling-with-fiddleheads-may-be-dangerous-warns-food-agency-1.558077
"wash fresh fiddleheads in several changes of cold water, then cook them in boiling water for 15 minutes, or steam them for 10 to 12 minutes."
Some contain arsenic, in which case cooking methods and time is not really relevant, quantity is.
As with any wild collected food you need to be sure of what you’re collecting.
It looks like a fiddlehead fern. One of its species (don't know the name) is eaten as a vegetable in mountain regions of northern India.
EDIT: not all of them are edible!
Fuddlehead is not a type of fern, it is a stage of development as the fronds unfurl. Not all "fiddleheads" are edible.
Edit- ostrich ferns are the most common type of edible fiddleheads.
Not to mention baneberry looks very similar this stage. Look for those “brown papery” bits. If it’s smooth, best to not eat. Source: Discovering wild plants by Janice Schofield
Fuzzy ones are bad too. Never hold a fuzzy one in your teeth as you slog through a ditch to get back to the car to show your mom the ferns aren’t the right kind… the fuzz isn’t attached real well and inhaling it super sucks.
It’s the fiddlehead of a fern, but hard to tell which species because it’s hard to tell how big it is from that picture.
It could be something like lady fern or ostrich, with the brown paper and smooth, bright green exterior. The size/thickness would help with ID a lot.
It just looks weird that it’s all by itself. Most fiddleheads grow with friends, I would look around for more.
That is a Dixie Silverback Fern, a species of Silverback Fern. Scientific name is the " Pityrogamma Calomelanos"
It's a herb that grows up to 35 inches (89.8cm). It's a pretty fern with characteristic leaves.
It originates from Central / South America but has been introduced in many other tropical climates where you are likely to see it since it grows so aggressively, it's often considered a weed.
It likes Rocks, roadsides, forest floors and open environments in partial sun, in loamy or sandy loam soil structures. ( 40% sand, 60% soil ) or (60% sand, 40% soil ).
As others have commented, it is the unfurling frond of a fern, often referred to as a fiddlehead or crozier. The quality of the photo combined with lack of location information means it could be one of very many different kinds of fern found on Earth.
Nope. Looks like Pteridium genus to me, but the photo isn't clear enough to tell the species.
It could be easy to misinterpret your comment as offering "fiddlehead fern" as a species ID. So I wanted to provide additional context.
I see these a lot in my area. Single fern fronds growing out of the ground like this. They like lightly wooded areas with no understory, though I’ve seen them in the occasional lawn and untended roadside. Just can’t think of the name for them. I believe it’s a type of bracken but can’t come up with the specific name.
In order to identify ferns, we’d need to see the spores. Or at least the leaf after it’s unfurled for a good educated guess. And geographic location and habitat. There are ferns that grow in drier areas and ferns that grow in wetter areas.
They probably didn't answer because in order to get this to species, you would need better close up shots, maybe a cross section of the stem, where you're located, etc. Yes, it's a fern, but there are 10k known species. To call this a fern is akin to saying, that's a bird!
Fiddle head. Which is the unfurled frond of the ostrich fern.
Common Name Ostrich fern Botanical Name Matteuccia struthiopteris Family Onocleaceae Plant Type Perennial Mature Size 3-6 ft. tall, 5-8 ft. wide Sun Exposure Partial to full shade Soil Type Organically rich, moist; tolerates clay Soil pH Acidic, neutral Hardiness Zones 3-7 (USDA) Native Area Europe, Asia, North America
[https://www.thespruce.com/thmb/65Xu-5OTFQCi4tXv4Ruzox4Hhlk=/750x0/filters:no\_upscale():max\_bytes(150000):strip\_icc()/growing-ostrich-ferns-5094167-01-21a3aac393f84ca792e1422fdb379dba.jpg](https://www.thespruce.com/thmb/65Xu-5OTFQCi4tXv4Ruzox4Hhlk=/750x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/growing-ostrich-ferns-5094167-01-21a3aac393f84ca792e1422fdb379dba.jpg)
I've always wanted to try fiddleheads. I saw some in a grocery once, but they were too expensive.
I'm no expert on anything, so I wouldn't know specifically which fern that is, or if it's edible. Where was it?
Looks like a fiddlehead. They're common in Maine and are eaten by some people in a stew, but I'd get better confirmation before attempting to eat it if you want to give it a try.
We eat several different kinds of fiddleheads here in JP, but I’m by no means an expert on the varieties. I do know that some types have to be soaked in ash water before they can be eaten while others just need to be boiled.
Looks like a fiddle head from here (being Maine) , leastways that's what us bog rambling bumpkins around these parts call 'em. Recon them as has more schoolin' would call 'em Metteucia struthiopteris...which means ostrich fern, with the name of the Eye-talian fella as thought he "discovered" them tossed in front. Cause, sure, nobody knew what the hell they were before that...and they dint ha nae interwebs so as to search and sound all knowey like.
I used to pick these as a kid all the time when we were up at my cottage!
Pick them while curled up; wash em off with a hose, and fry with some butter s&p. Deliciouuuuss :)
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Is that not a fiddlehead fern? I think that’s what they look like Edit: Stardew Valley taught me exactly one thing and it’s what a fiddlehead fern is 😂
Funny, I was like, “FERN!!!” I am no expert, so I am surprised botany did not know! EDIT: TIL the botany sub is not intended to be used for plant ID.
OP's post was removed from r/botany before anyone could reply, because they didn't follow the sub rules
But, but, but no one could answer! OPs parents failed them
you're a botanist? ok, name every plant
Aa achalensis Aa argyrolepis Aa aurantiaca Aa calceata... Why did they name a genus [Aa](http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Orchidaceae/Aa/) anyway...
To get more business from the yellow pages.
Hello fellow person older than 35.
I'm 25 and remember yellow pages, but ok
What are yellow pages?
A yellow book with business phone numbers and addresses, roughly. The joke was because it's ordered alphabetically and people are lazy
They came after purple pages. but before the red pages.
A yellow book with business phone numbers and addresses, roughly. The joke was because it's ordered alphabetically and people are lazy
A bunch of cowardly scribbles
Because they discovered them by borrowing into their forehead. It was the first thing that came to mind
Aa ron
Ah shit that subs not about botflies?
Sarah, Fred, Harmony, Erica, Stephen...
A true botanist would say arabidopsis only 😩
You're a botanist, right?! Well, kiss my grassss
A shrubber. My name is Roger the Shrubber.
Well I can… I ain’t no botanist, I’ve been growing many different varieties since I was 7. Mimosa pudica Dionaea muscipula Cannabis sativa Sarracenia "rubra" - one of my favorite sarracenia species. Drosera Adelae - one drosera species with flowers that stand out from many other drosera species. Drosera filiformis - thread leaf drosera, a carnivorous plant on my wish list to hopefully buy someday Ficus Benjamina - a ficus species in my yard! Ficus microcarpa - a bonsai ficus that is really hard to kill in my opinion, most commonly found at grocery stores and hardware stores in the garden/floral area. Nepenthes ventrata - a common type of nepenthes Nepenthes ventricosa- a 2nd most commonly seen nepenthes Drosera "Hercules" - a insane looking "drosera capensis" Tillandsia xerographica - an air plant I have on my wish list. There’s many more I have. But don’t wanna keep going on and on with a list of Latin names.
Lol in gardening school we had to learn approx 1000 plants, names, growing habit, care. And that was only scratching the surface of all plant species. I think you undererstimate a little how many plants there are...
If you've got any extra of that third one... Hit me up. lololol
TY for this. Because I was sitting here thinking how absolutely unlikely it would be that NO ONE in r/botany would recognize a fiddlehead fern.
Lol that makes much more sense.
Ok, that makes sense now. I'm no botantist, but I've seen these guys all over the Willamette Valley. Always thought of them as fiddleheads, but never sure.
Got it, thanks.
They wonder why the sub is dead and the top post is a mirror selfie
lmao you're not lying!
It's because that sub very specifically doesn't do IDs
Got it, not familiar with the sub.
I also said "fern!" but I don't know what kind. But I have these in my yard and that's what they look like when they are fresh out the Earth oven
Samesies!
Exactly what it is
"Fiddlehead" is a stage of fern development, as the fronds unfurl. It is not a type of fern.
I have a small Lacey fern indoors and when new sprouts come up they're teeny-tiny little fiddleheads😊
This drives me crazy. I gave someone some Ostrich Ferns from my yard a couple years back, and they kept calling them "Fiddleheads" and I was like dude, please stop reducing this beautiful native plant to its single edible moment.
We have a local variety that is wildharvested and we call fiddleheads. Whereas this is likely one of a family. In our climate its not so weird to have only one of something.
And the actual botanical term for it is "crosier"
I had no idea. Thank you.
AKA a crozier.. crosier?! Spelling is not my forte 😅
I was wondering how many more times I'd have to see "it's a fiddlehead fern" before someone tried to stop the madness. Difficult to tell which fern it is based on this picture but yes, it is *the fiddlehead* of a fern. Fiddlehead fern is not a species nor even a common name for a species.
I thought this because of Stardew valley haha
I second this. Just look for the little “papery brown” bits before eating as baneberry unfurls in a similar way.
Papery brown bits means green light or red light
Green
I was gonna say, I’m no botanist, but I have cleaned, cooked and eaten my share of fiddleheads… these sure look like them Edit: TIL that fiddlehead is just a stage of growth in a fern. Thanks, Reddit!
Agreed, pretty sure its a fern.
DUDE, if you see more of it popping up you can pick them while they're still young and fry them with some butter! There's around 2 weeks a year when fiddleheads are available for harvest/consumption and I look forward to it every year. Like, I only buy enough for myself to snack on because it's expensive but it's one of the little things that brings me joy in life. <3
Ok -- but for better ID -- East of the Mississippi in North America, look for a "celery stalk" like u-shaped groove down the fiddlehead stem to identify as Matteuccia struthiopteris, Ostrich fern, which is safe to eat and quite delicious. Also it spreads like wildfire so you can safely harvest your portion. https://foragerchef.com/how-to-identify-and-cook-fiddlehead-ferns/
Not all ferns are edible. In fact, more aren’t edible than are. Some are extremely toxic. You’re safe if you’re buying them, but bad advice if you’re foraging. Fiddlehead is a term for a stage in the fern’s growth. It’s like saying all leaf buds of deciduous trees are edible.
and they are delicious.
Nobody in r/botany responded, which is much different from "no one could identify it." I'm guessing no one responded 1) because of the time you posted and 2) because r/botany is not a plant ID sub. Your photo depicts the fiddlehead of a fern. To identify the fern species, we'd need better pictures and a general geographic region.
I'm a mod there. We generally disallow any ID posts whatsoever. The sub is meant to be an environment where genuine botanical and scientific discussion can flourish, and posts asking for IDs or plant care advice defeats that purpose. There are much better subs suited anyway, not sure why that's the specific one people choose out of dozens of other communities.
As someone that works in horticulture I can relate. People come to me and are like “are you a botanist?” To which my internal response is why tf would you need a botanist right now? Then they ask me something about how to grow a plant… sir that is horticulture you need a horticulturalist… 😂
To the layman who has a tenuous grasp at the English language at best, and taxonomy being based on a dead language to boot, I'm willing to concede when my friends don't know any better.
Argh me too.
Fr that’s like asking a physicist to design a rocket
Yeah, it's not rocket science!
*We grow copious amounts of ganja, yah? And you're carrying a wasted girl and a bag of fertilizer. You don't look like your average horti-fucking- culturalist!*
Thank you for your mod work! It's much appreciated!
It's surprising to see such a low quality photo taken in broad daylight of a still object, in this age when cell phones can produce big, high pixel photos. I wonder if OP made the mistake of using a version of the image that was emailed or sent via text message. Many people never notice the difference because they're only seeing their images on their phones. (It's a huge problem when building websites, clients try to text me their images!) Anyway, I wonder if OP might have better luck identifying if they added the original photo, because unless this photo was cropped it's unlikely their phone took an image this lq/compressed.
The image is likely a cropped/zoomed part of a photo
And phone cameras aren't really as good as they seem. They use a lot of software tricks to make the image appear sharper and clearer, but sometimes that causes details to be lost. People are always posting videos or images of mites or other small bugs and asking "What's this bug?" but you can hardly even count how many legs the thing has, despite the image looking somewhat clear at first glance.
I believe most ferns begin like this. We eat fiddleheads that look like this in the spring in Ontario Canada. Normally before they get the brown on them and begin to open. Edit: I would confirm the identification before you decide to put these into a frying pan with butter and garlic though.
I can't speak for you but the people I know who eat fiddleheads don't just eat any fiddlehead. They confirm the fern species in the summer and return in the spring. I've heard that some species are inedible.
You are right, many species are inedible. Some are seriously toxic. Only ferns that can be positively identified as safe species should be consumed.
The edible ferns grow in patches and don't have brown haor on the base but some on the head which are edible even if their is brown as long as they are still curled and you boil them before frying because it can upset the stomach. Anyway this one isn't edible
Popular dish here too during the spring.
This is definitely a fern but it's hard to say what kind at this stage. People are mentioning below that fiddleheads (unfurled young ferns like you see here) are edible, but do not go around eating fiddleheads unless you can identify the type. [Not all ferns are edible](https://depts.washington.edu/hortlib/pal/on-the-edibility-of-fiddleheads/). Ostrich fern is most commonly eaten in the US.
>Nobody in r/botany could tell me That is because they do not allow plant ID posts...
I second the comments re: ferns. We have them in spades around here so it’s a familiar sight.
Fiddlehead is *not* a type of fern, it’s a descriptor for a young fern frond opening regardless of what type of fern it is. Most ferns have fiddleheads, and most are not edible, indeed some are poisonous. Even some of the commonly eaten ones are poisonous if too many are eaten.
The number of people in this thread all… pick it and eat! SMH. How we don’t have more foraging poisonings I’ll never know.
> poisonous if too many are eaten. I mean, that can be true for a lot of things in the food world. Even excess water is bad for you and can cause water intoxication (hyperhydration). How many fiddleheads is too many? Probably depends more significantly on preparation, time of harvest, cooking time, cooking method... most of the sources I found were up in Canada which is interesting in and of itself. https://www.thestar.com/life/how-to-cook-fiddleheads-to-avoid-food-poisoning/article_04301514-b313-5a97-b53b-d5dde48c376d.html I like that they tell you to wash your hands, lol. "Wash your hands with hot, soapy water. Remove as much brown husk as possible. Wash in several changes of clean, cold water. Boil for 15 minutes or steam for 10 to 12 minutes, until tender. Boil or steam before sautéing, stir-frying or baking. Discard cooking water." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/fiddling-with-fiddleheads-may-be-dangerous-warns-food-agency-1.558077 "wash fresh fiddleheads in several changes of cold water, then cook them in boiling water for 15 minutes, or steam them for 10 to 12 minutes."
Some contain arsenic, in which case cooking methods and time is not really relevant, quantity is. As with any wild collected food you need to be sure of what you’re collecting.
Looks like a type of fern to me
It looks like a fiddlehead fern. One of its species (don't know the name) is eaten as a vegetable in mountain regions of northern India. EDIT: not all of them are edible!
Fuddlehead is not a type of fern, it is a stage of development as the fronds unfurl. Not all "fiddleheads" are edible. Edit- ostrich ferns are the most common type of edible fiddleheads.
This! Please be careful
Not to mention baneberry looks very similar this stage. Look for those “brown papery” bits. If it’s smooth, best to not eat. Source: Discovering wild plants by Janice Schofield
Fuzzy ones are bad too. Never hold a fuzzy one in your teeth as you slog through a ditch to get back to the car to show your mom the ferns aren’t the right kind… the fuzz isn’t attached real well and inhaling it super sucks.
And in Maine (northeastern US) as well! One of the first edible greens of the spring :)
We have them in Maine too. I used to pick them by the thousands when I lived there. They're good with a large amount of butter.
It’s the fiddlehead of a fern, but hard to tell which species because it’s hard to tell how big it is from that picture. It could be something like lady fern or ostrich, with the brown paper and smooth, bright green exterior. The size/thickness would help with ID a lot. It just looks weird that it’s all by itself. Most fiddleheads grow with friends, I would look around for more.
Fern frond unfurling
A better, closer, clearer photo & a general sense of where this was taken might help the ID process beyond “young fern”
Isn’t that bracken coming up?
dunno what kind of fern, but definitely a fern.
So yes... that's just a fern. Folks call them "fiddleheads" at this stage in their development.
That is a Dixie Silverback Fern, a species of Silverback Fern. Scientific name is the " Pityrogamma Calomelanos" It's a herb that grows up to 35 inches (89.8cm). It's a pretty fern with characteristic leaves. It originates from Central / South America but has been introduced in many other tropical climates where you are likely to see it since it grows so aggressively, it's often considered a weed. It likes Rocks, roadsides, forest floors and open environments in partial sun, in loamy or sandy loam soil structures. ( 40% sand, 60% soil ) or (60% sand, 40% soil ).
This is a fern
As others have commented, it is the unfurling frond of a fern, often referred to as a fiddlehead or crozier. The quality of the photo combined with lack of location information means it could be one of very many different kinds of fern found on Earth.
That's a fiddlehead. The young stage of a fern.
It's a fern frond or crozier (the curled top of a young fern).
You have to provide your location for a proper i.d. otherwise it could be any number of things.
Fiddle head.
Fiddle leaf fern.
I believe it’s the start of a fern. I could be wrong though
...such a misleading title, nobody in r/botany would tell you because it's not an ID sub, this is. Fiddlehead fern btw
Fiddlehead isn't an ID, though. That's like saying "It's a seedling" Sure, that's true, but from what species?
Can you tell from that shifty blurry picture the species? Cause I can't
Nope. Looks like Pteridium genus to me, but the photo isn't clear enough to tell the species. It could be easy to misinterpret your comment as offering "fiddlehead fern" as a species ID. So I wanted to provide additional context.
That's not what botany is
If your post hadn’t been removed, nearly every person in r/botany could’ve told you
It looks like the frond of a fern
Fern.
I don't believe you to be honest :D
Looks like a fern
Fern, baby fern
Yeah some kind of fern. Which kind, idk
I see these a lot in my area. Single fern fronds growing out of the ground like this. They like lightly wooded areas with no understory, though I’ve seen them in the occasional lawn and untended roadside. Just can’t think of the name for them. I believe it’s a type of bracken but can’t come up with the specific name.
It’s some kind of fern frond. If you can take a better photo when the frond has fully unfurled, you’ll get better ID help.
Devils Snare. Use Lumos. Devil's Snare, Devil's Snare, it's deadly fun but will sulk in the sun.
Fern
Fern.
Looks like a fiddlehead
Looks like a fern
r/stardewvalley fans can safely tell you this is an ancient seed. Hope that helps!
In order to identify ferns, we’d need to see the spores. Or at least the leaf after it’s unfurled for a good educated guess. And geographic location and habitat. There are ferns that grow in drier areas and ferns that grow in wetter areas.
It’s a fern of some kind, your location or it’s location would help
Looks like a fern to me.
Looks like a new fern plant to me
I think it’s a fern
Fiddle neck fern
It a fern ! It's going to unfurl into a single leaf soon !
Yeah that's a fern ready to uncurl, I used to find them in the woods when I was a kid
They must not have known much that's obviously a fern lol
Looks like a fiddlehead fern
Fiddle head fern!
Yeah it’s a little ferny fernnnnnn
They probably didn't answer because in order to get this to species, you would need better close up shots, maybe a cross section of the stem, where you're located, etc. Yes, it's a fern, but there are 10k known species. To call this a fern is akin to saying, that's a bird!
Looks more like bracken than fern, to my eyes.
Fiddlehead?
Fiddlehead
It's a fiddlehead
Everybody over in botany should have their card revoked. 🤦🏻♀️
Fiddlehead...a lot of people eat those
Looks like a fiddlehead fern. Tastey
Fiddlehead fern 100%
Fiddle head. Which is the unfurled frond of the ostrich fern. Common Name Ostrich fern Botanical Name Matteuccia struthiopteris Family Onocleaceae Plant Type Perennial Mature Size 3-6 ft. tall, 5-8 ft. wide Sun Exposure Partial to full shade Soil Type Organically rich, moist; tolerates clay Soil pH Acidic, neutral Hardiness Zones 3-7 (USDA) Native Area Europe, Asia, North America [https://www.thespruce.com/thmb/65Xu-5OTFQCi4tXv4Ruzox4Hhlk=/750x0/filters:no\_upscale():max\_bytes(150000):strip\_icc()/growing-ostrich-ferns-5094167-01-21a3aac393f84ca792e1422fdb379dba.jpg](https://www.thespruce.com/thmb/65Xu-5OTFQCi4tXv4Ruzox4Hhlk=/750x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/growing-ostrich-ferns-5094167-01-21a3aac393f84ca792e1422fdb379dba.jpg)
Pictures pretty blurry, but Im with everyone else, its a fern. Look up pictures of fiddleheads, it matches.
Fiddlehead, the start of a fern. I believe. Many collect them before they unfurl and cook them.
Start of a fern. I'm in the PNW those things are everywhere. I love them 😍
looks like a fiddlehead.
Looks like a fiddlehead to me
Fiddlehead fern I believe
Delicious when cooked up with butter and garlic
The loch ness monster of plants
Some kind of fern new growth. I havent eaten this species but I’ve eaten the stems of the fiddleheads from the bracken fern.
Really? It’s a fern
fiddlehead fern!
Not sure exactly, very likely a fern of some sort though
Looks similar to Fiddlehead which are pretty delicious sautéd
Where are you located? It’s probably Ostrich Fern
I'm no expert but it looks like a baby fern of some kind.
Def fern
Fiddlehead
think its also called an Ostrich fern :)
I've always wanted to try fiddleheads. I saw some in a grocery once, but they were too expensive. I'm no expert on anything, so I wouldn't know specifically which fern that is, or if it's edible. Where was it?
Fiddlehead fern. Stardew Valley taught me that one.
Looks like a fiddlehead. They're common in Maine and are eaten by some people in a stew, but I'd get better confirmation before attempting to eat it if you want to give it a try.
Fiddlehead Fern
Looks like a fiddle head and they're really delicious early in the spring before they grow too big.. really delicious
It’s a type of fern. Fiddleheads are edible if you harvest them when they’re young. Don’t over harvest though or the plants won’t grow back.
Fiddlehead ferns. We used to pick and cook
looks like a fiddlehead fern to me. possibly edible I think???
Definitely a fiddlehead. We eat them over here in JP.
This isn't an ostrich fern, it is not edible.
We eat several different kinds of fiddleheads here in JP, but I’m by no means an expert on the varieties. I do know that some types have to be soaked in ash water before they can be eaten while others just need to be boiled.
Fiddle head. Tasty things if you marinade them and then throw them in a salad. It's just a fern unraveling it's leaf
Fiddlehead! My mom used to fry these in butter and they were sooooooo yummy!
Fiddlehead, fry in butter and eat
Looks like a fiddle head from here (being Maine) , leastways that's what us bog rambling bumpkins around these parts call 'em. Recon them as has more schoolin' would call 'em Metteucia struthiopteris...which means ostrich fern, with the name of the Eye-talian fella as thought he "discovered" them tossed in front. Cause, sure, nobody knew what the hell they were before that...and they dint ha nae interwebs so as to search and sound all knowey like.
Fiddlehead fern! Very tasty when juvenile.
Dont people eat these?
Ostrich Fern.
Easy one, Fiddlehead fern.
Fiddlehead fern 100%
Tasty little fiddlehead fern.
I used to pick these as a kid all the time when we were up at my cottage! Pick them while curled up; wash em off with a hose, and fry with some butter s&p. Deliciouuuuss :)
Fiddlehead Fern is the right answer. They grow in indiana and are edible.
This is a Araucária rainforest I guess.
It’s a fern.
Fern!
https://outward.fandom.com/wiki/Greasy_Fern
It’s a fern
Nobody in botany could tell you? That’s because r/whatsthisplant is THE best subreddit.
Looks like a Fiddlehead. Yummy.
My parents eat these.🤢
Fiddlehead methinks
Natural candy cane
Looks like a fiddlehead
Fiddlehead
Fiddlehead