Beautiful photography @makwa … Ostrich ferns #nostr (Matteuccia struthiopteris) are deciduous ferns with bright bunches of green fronds that resemble ostrich feathers. The fern fronds appear at the base of the fern clump in spring as fiddleheads that will eventually unfurl. Fronds can reach four feet long. The upright, arching, rhizomatous plant spreads five to eight feet wide and grows two to three feet tall, and in the wild can grow up to six feet tall in moist, cool climates. The sterile fronds create a massive crown, shaped like a vase, around the less showy, spiky, erect, dark brown fronds. As summer continues, the fertile fronds usually wilt and become tattered by early fall as they lose their leaflets entirely (earlier than most ferns) and go dormant by winter. #zap nostr:note1vvvz6j6r7nsapsz6xhrua4u82qljkslwny0dv2u06r2mp3t95ctsauayym