Common Name: Male Fern, Common Male Fern
Scientific Name: Dryopteris fillix-mas
Clade: Seedless
Date Collected: 4/26/11
Location Collected: In the Backyard of my house; Next to a wall in the middle of two other potted plants
Habitat: Growing in moist soil next to two plants; in an area where direect sunlight hits it for most of the day; little foot traffic allows the plant to grow somewhat big.
Nativity: Native to California
Special Notes: The particular plant that is growing in my backyard has Fiddleheads (named due to their similarity to the head of a violin, or fiddle), which are the young unfurled fronds of the fern. These Fiddleheads can be used in cooking, and are quite delicious. This particular type of fern is also a very potent homeopathic medicine to eradicate tapeworms from one's body.
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