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Cinnamon fern

Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

Plants
NativeHerbPerennial
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Perennial herbaceous plant. Grows in forests and in marshes.

There are 2,859 observations of Cinnamon fern in Québec, mostly in Estrie, Outaouais and Centre-du-Québec, and it has been reported in every region. They peak in June and become rare from October to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Estrie547
  2. Outaouais293
  3. Centre-du-Québec261
  4. Chaudière-Appalaches256
  5. Laurentides221
  6. Montérégie203
  7. Capitale-Nationale191
  8. Lanaudière159
  9. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean137
  10. Bas-Saint-Laurent130
  11. Côte-Nord129
  12. Mauricie121
  13. Abitibi-Témiscamingue113
  14. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine58
  15. Nord-du-Québec19
  16. Montréal19
  17. Laval2

Habitat

ForestCephas
MarshAlexander Rumpel

Similar species

Interrupted fernOsmunda claytoniana
Ostrich fernMatteuccia struthiopteris
TOXIC
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Virginia chain fernWoodwardia virginica
New York fernAmauropelta noveboracensis
Silver false spleenwortDeparia acrostichoides
Marsh fernThelypteris palustris
American Royal FernOsmunda spectabilis
Sensitive fernOnoclea sensibilis
WoodfernDryopteris marginalis
TOXIC
Male fernDryopteris filix-mas
Christmas fernPolystichum acrostichoides