Osmundaceae

4 species

Royal fern family; large primitive ferns; fiddleheads are edible delicacy.

Osmunda cinnamomea

Edible: Fronds, Leaves, Vegetable

Osmunda claytoniana

Interrupted fern, Kuthurke

Edible: Fronds, Leaves, Stem

Osmunda japonica

Japanese flowering fern

Edible: Leaves, Fronds, Root, Fiddleheads

Osmunda regalis

Buckthorn brake, Royal fern

Edible: Fronds, Leaves, Caution, Vegetable