Some seasons are best for hunting certain species. Some are ephemeral in the spring. Some are easiest to identify or even find when they are fertile. Evergreen plants stand out against a brown background in the fall. Some stand erect above a layer of snow.
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March |
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April |
fertile Equisetum arvense |
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May |
Fragile Long Beech Oak Maidenhair Cinnamon |
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June |
Moonworts, Rattlesnake |
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July |
Wood fern spores fertile Adders Tongue Marsh ferns in dry vernal pools |
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August |
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September |
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October |
Grape ferns fertile Polypody |
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November |
Wood ferns, hybrids Christmas Spleenworts club-mosses |
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December |
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January |
fertile Sensitive; Equistum hyemale |
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February |