Interrupted Fern

Interrupted Fern

Interrupted Fern Osmunda claytoniana gets its name from its fertile spore-bearing fronds which look as if they have gaps part way up and this makes Interrupted Fern easy to identify. The "interruptions" are where the brown shrivelled-looking spore-bearing leaflets grow between the larger green leaflets of the frond. Sterile fronds that do not produce spores are large and gracefully curving. [CH] {FG}