At the beginning of May, Mr. Watt and I went up to the Sol Duc valley in the Olympic National Park. Among other things, the ferns along the trail to Sol Duc Falls were just coming up. So, I fiddled around taking photos of fiddleheads (say that 5 times fast).
Fiddleheads that first caught my eye
Sword fern fiddleheads
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Follow me below the unfurling orange fiddleheads for more.
I believe that the fiddleheads that got me looking are Pacific Oak ferns. I found another stand in which there are unfurled fronds as well as those same delicate fiddleheads. IDing ferns from their fiddleheads alone seems difficult. Most nature books show only the mature ferns. If I've made a mistake, please correct me.
Oak ferns and fiddleheads among trillium and false lily of the valley leaves
So, a bucket was born and I set off searching for fiddleheads of all kinds.
Lady fern fiddleheads
Bracken fern fiddlehead
There ought to be Maidenhair ferns on the rocks below. I suppose I can't recognize their fiddleheads from this distance.
Sol Duc Falls
What are you fiddling around with in your region?
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