The unfurling fiddleheads of Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides). Christmas fern is an evergreen fern and the previous years foliage typically dies back once the new fronds emerge and start growing.

Fiddlehead season will continue for a few more weeks as other fern species begin to grow.

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