Mary Jo’s ferns

These are all the ferns I have in my yard. I had to work fast because they wanted to wilt the moment I snipped them. Here are my beloved native ferns in order of abundance in my yard:

Ostrich Fern
Interrupted Fern
Lady Fern
Sensitive Fern
Northern Maidenhair Fern
Marsh Fern
Cinnamon Fern
Bracken Fern

I have samples of each in this little composition, but some are tucked behind and little hard to see. I have worked hard at assembling native colonies of each of these on my land. There are a couple more (oak fern and christmas fern) that are common in my bio region that I would like to see get established as well. If any local Twin Citians are reading this, and have nice established patches of these ferns, and would like to share…