Wood Ferns – Dryopteris SPP.: Inedible Fiddlehead of Not So Edible & Medicinal Wild Plants
Also known as male ferns, wood fern’s fiddleheads are toxic. If you’re going to eat ostrich or lady ferns, it’s good to know their look-a-likes like this species! Wood ferns (Dryopteris spp.) are toxic lookalikes to our edible ferns (ostrich, lady, the related Christmas fern..) We have numerous species of wood ferns. Common around Haliburton, …
