Ostrich Fern Clump In Late Winter/Early Spring?
I was out back cleaning up some things and I came across this clump of plant life that was sticking out of the ground. I was about to step on it when I noticed it amongst a bunch of leaves and what I think is leaf mold. In looking at it, I'm pretty sure it is a clump of pre-furl'd fern fronds. This clump is all the way in the back of the property close to where the kids climb a tree. When climbing there, they also stomp around on plants and things, so I'm going to mark this with a stick or something to keep the kids away from it when the weather warms up. What makes me unsure if this is a fern is the location. I planted a whole bunch of stuff that we took out of my sister-in-law's lot before she tore her house down . One of those items was a big fern that I transplanted that seemed to take last year , but that was on the other side of the lot. I'll keep an eye on this to see if I'm correct and this is, indeed a fern clump. This is an area of deep s