MATTEUCCIA STRUTHIOPTERIS / OSTRICH FERN

• ALSO CALLED FIDDLEHEAD FERN
  
• AKA MATTEUCCIA PENNSYLVANICA
• BROAD, LANCE-SHAPED, PALE GREEN FRONDS
• SMELLS LIKE FRESHLY MOWN HAY WHEN FRONDS ARE BROKEN
• SHORT DARK BROWN FERTILE FRONDS APPEAR IN THE CENTRE IN LATE SUMMER
• UPRIGHT, ARCHING HABIT
• SPREADS VIGOROUSLY BY SHALLOW UNDERGROUND RHIZOMES
• DECIDUOUS
• SPREAD 60-90 CM
• HEIGHT 90-130 CM 
• PLANT ZONE 4

 ATTRIBUTES & CHARACTERISTICS 

Partial Sun/Shade, Full Shade, Fast, Deer Resistant, Edible, Native to Ontario, Low Maintenance

• NATIVE TO ONTARIO