Matteuccia Struthiopteris

Scientific Name: Matteuccia struthiopteris

Common Name: ostrich fern

Symbol: MAST

Category: Fern

Genus: Matteuccia

Family: Dryopteridaceae

Family Common Name: Wood Fern family

Order: Polypodiales

Class: Filicopsida

Subkingdom: Tracheobionta

Kingdom: Plantae

Duration: Perennial

Growth Habit: Forb/herb

Native Status: L48 (N), AK (N), CAN (N)

Edible: unknown

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Scientific Name: Matteuccia struthiopteris

Common Name(s): Fiddlehead or Ostrich fern

Edible: yes

Medicinal: no

Parts Used: root

ClayPick 28 Jun, 2009	The emerging coils of young ferns are called croziers or fiddleheads. Steam until tender. Once the leaves grow beyond 7.5 centimetres they become too bitter to eat. Only pick from a clump with a minimum of seven coil and only take three of those.
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ClayPick 28 Jun, 2009
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ClayPick 28 Jun, 2009	Parts used should be leaves not root. Sorry. Clay Pick
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