Cinnamon Fern
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
Osmundaceae
Other names
Fiddleheads, Buckhorn
Growth habit
Fern
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
N. Amer., W. Indies, and Mexico
Location
Source of plant
Sunny Border Ohio, White Flower Farm, Veronica's Garden
Description
An erect deciduous fern with fronds reaching from 2.5' to 5' in length. Fertile fronds are bright cinnamon-brown, effective in spring, dying down in early summer. Sterile fronds are pinnate-pinnatifid with a dense tuft of small rusty hairs beneath the base of each pinna.
USDA Hardiness Zone
4