| Description | Cinnamon Fern (Osmunda cinnamomea) is a large vase-shaped fern found growing in moist, wet areas in the shade. Has a large cinnamon-colored fertile frond |
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| Pronunciation | (os-MUN-duh)(sin-uh-MOH-mee-uh) |
| Plant Type | Perennials Hardy, Ferns - Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 2-10 |
| Sunlight | part sun, shade |
| Moisture | moist to wet, tolerates average |
| Soil & Site | Moist to wet, organic, humusy, acidic soils but adapts to lesser conditions. |
| Fruit | sori, spores |
| Leaves | The fronds are in circular clusters of arching fronds. The fiddleheads emerge from the base of the plant and unfurl into large, erect, pinnately compound flowers that remain attractive throughout the summer and turn yellow in autumn. The sterile fronds are pinnately pinnatifid, dense tufts of rusty hair beneath the base of each pinna. |
| Dimensions | 2.5 to 5 feet depending on the growing conditions, arching, clumping erect upright |
| Propagation | division in the spring |
| Misc Facts | Osmunda is collected from the root stalk. This is used in horticulture and looks like chow mien noodles. We used osmunda in our Orchid and Epiphytic plant mixes at the high school where I taught. AKA Osmundastrum cinnamomeum |
| Notes & Reference | #90-Ferns for American Gardens (John T Mickel), #228-Encyclopedia of Garden Ferns (Sue Olsen) |
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