mfrankm3's Journal
Tag wf1. On trail at stream crossing near top of the cove near Supplee boat ramp, Rocky Gorge Reservoir.
(This post refers back to my April 15 post. And I just now learned how to edit past posts, so I will add new ferns to the April 15 post from here out.)
Now tracking a rattlesnake fern, tagged rf1. It's at the base of the orage-blazed poplar tree beyond the 1 tree and just past the flower hill valley, between two close trail intersections. East side of trail. First observation is associated with this post.
I plan to chronicle the growth of a few types of ferns over a season, making frequent observations of the same site over the year. I'll post the observations and tag them with a site-specific code, so searching for the tag will find all the observations for a site.
Starting with a Christmas fern at Rocky Gorge reservoir by the trail just past tree #1 across from the blueberry bush. There's a cluster of three ferns, each with multiple fronds radiating from a central region. Fiddleheads are now emerging but haven't even risen above the leaf litter in this group yet. I'm documenting the central fern of the group of three. I'm tagging this fern 'cf1'. The first two observations are associated with this post.
Update 5/16: As I find new ferns to watch, I'll add them with their tags here. (The first two I added to new posts, but then they end up scattered; keeping the list centralized is better).
List is tag, description, first observation link, comma separated:
cf1,Christmas fern at Rocky Gorge reservoir by the trail just past tree #1 across from the blueberry bush, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/111246815
rf1, rattlesnake fern at the base of the orage-blazed poplar tree beyond the 1 tree and just past the flower hill valley between two close trail intersections; east side of trail, first obervation, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/115539007
wf1, spiulose (?) wood fern on trail at stream crossing near top of the cove near Supplee boat ramp, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/117179963
nyf1, New York fern on trail down to cove 14 inches in from the big root that makes a step across the trail - set of 3 fronds from a rhizome marked with stick, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/120408608
sf1, sensitive fern couple meters before gate coming in from power line on left,https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/120438278
