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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Taxobox<br /> | color = lightgreen<br /> | name = Ostrich fern<br /> | image = Matteuccia struthiopteris.jpg<br /> | image_width = 240px<br /> | image_caption = Sterile fronds in summer<br /> | regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> | divisio = [[Pteridophyta]]<br /> | classis = [[Pteridopsida]]<br /> | ordo = [[Polypodiales]]<br /> | familia = [[Onocleaceae]]<br /> | genus = ''[[Matteuccia]]''<br /> | species = '''''M. struthiopteris'''''<br /> | binomial = ''Matteuccia struthiopteris''<br /> | binomial_authority = ([[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]) [[Agostino Todaro|Todaro]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> The '''Ostrich fern ''or'' Shuttlecock fern''' (''Matteuccia struthiopteris'') is a crown-forming, colony-forming [[fern]], occurring in temperate regions of the [[Northern Hemisphere]] in eastern and northern [[Europe]], northern [[Asia]] and northern [[North America]]. <br /> <br /> [[Image:Matteuccia struthipteris.jpg|left|thumb|Spore-bearing fertile fronds in early spring]]<br /> It grows from a completely vertical crown, favoring riverbanks and sandbars, but sends out lateral [[stolon]]s to form new crowns. It thus can form dense colonies resistant to destruction by floodwaters.<br /> <br /> The [[frond]]s are dimorphic, with the [[deciduous]] green sterile fronds being almost vertical, 100-170 cm tall and 20-35 cm broad, long-tapering to the base but short-tapering to the tip, so that they resemble [[ostrich]] plumes, hence the name. The fertile fronds are shorter, 40-60 cm long, brown when ripe, with highly modified and constricted leaf tissue curled over the [[sporangium|sporangia]]; they develop in autumn, persist erect over the winter and release the [[spore]]s in early spring.<br /> <br /> ''Matteuccia'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including ''[[Sthenopis|Sthenopis auratus]]''.<br /> <br /> ===Cultivation and uses===<br /> The ostrich fern is a popular [[ornamental plant]] in [[garden]]s. The tightly wound immature fronds, called [[fiddlehead]]s, are also used as a cooked [[vegetable]], and are considered a delicacy mainly in rural areas of [[Atlantic Northeast|northeastern North America]].<br /> <br /> The plants are also grown in [[Japan]], where the sprouts (&quot;kogomi&quot; in Japanese) are a delicacy.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> *[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?400400 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Matteuccia struthiopteris'']<br /> *Hyde, H. A., Wade, A. E., &amp; Harrison, S. G. (1978). ''Welsh Ferns''. National Museum of Wales.<br /> {{commons|Matteuccia struthiopteris}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Pteridophyta]]<br /> [[Category:Ornamental plants]]<br /> [[Category:Japanese cuisine]]</div>

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