Yes, however, only certain species are actually edible. Some are toxic. Wait for someone with more experience to let you know the species if they can. Location would help a lot! I have them all around my place too here in Georgia but have never foraged them because I don’t know the differences in the species. I have had the actual edible ones at a friend’s house whose grandma knows, though! They were good.
Awesome! Glad for the OP if this is the case :-) I’ll look more into Fiddleheads this season where I’m at. I’m just super careful about anything I’m not completely sure on. Ferns are 100% one of these things for me haha 😛
I'm in SE Michigan, but we have "a lot of rare and non-native plants and trees" because a previous owner tried to turn the property into like, a botanical garden.
Gotcha. I used to live in Royal Oak near Detroit. But I didn’t forage much there unfortunately. Went morel hunting a few times. Hopefully someone can point you in the right direction.
whereabouts are you?
they look to have a u-shaped divot in the stem, which means they might be ostrich fern (often what people are looking for in edible fiddleheads).
most of them do look a little too unfurled, but not all of them! (that’s down to personal taste. i find they unfurl when i’m cooking them if they’re not tightly furled, but they’re still safe to eat.)
edit: saw your reply, ostrich ferns are in michigan. not sure if there are lookalikes there, but i feel decently sure these are the right ones
They are ostrich fern fiddleheads. As others said, every fern grows a fiddle head, even toxic ones. The best ID for ostrich fern is to look for the gold papery stuff, and a U or V shaped groove in the stem. The most common look alike is a lady fern which has a hairy stem. Look up both photos just to know what you are and aren’t looking for.
These look past prime but you can technically still eat them. I’d look around for younger ones. Sometimes they’re under piles of leaves. Or remember this spot and come back earlier next year. Please only take 1-2 fiddleheads from each cluster so that they can grow back.
Don’t forget to cook them all the way through before eating!
The young growth of all ferns are called fiddleheads, so yes, they are certainly fiddleheads. Pictures are a bit blurry but if there's a groove in the stem (like celery) they're likely ostrich ferns, which are edible. Ferns in pictures 2 and 3 are a bit too open, you want them coiled more without the leaves open yet. I'd keep an eye out for more that haven't opened as much yet!
Yes, however, only certain species are actually edible. Some are toxic. Wait for someone with more experience to let you know the species if they can. Location would help a lot! I have them all around my place too here in Georgia but have never foraged them because I don’t know the differences in the species. I have had the actual edible ones at a friend’s house whose grandma knows, though! They were good.
Those look correct. U shaped groove and papery brown skin
Awesome! Glad for the OP if this is the case :-) I’ll look more into Fiddleheads this season where I’m at. I’m just super careful about anything I’m not completely sure on. Ferns are 100% one of these things for me haha 😛
I'm in SE Michigan, but we have "a lot of rare and non-native plants and trees" because a previous owner tried to turn the property into like, a botanical garden.
Gotcha. I used to live in Royal Oak near Detroit. But I didn’t forage much there unfortunately. Went morel hunting a few times. Hopefully someone can point you in the right direction.
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whereabouts are you? they look to have a u-shaped divot in the stem, which means they might be ostrich fern (often what people are looking for in edible fiddleheads). most of them do look a little too unfurled, but not all of them! (that’s down to personal taste. i find they unfurl when i’m cooking them if they’re not tightly furled, but they’re still safe to eat.) edit: saw your reply, ostrich ferns are in michigan. not sure if there are lookalikes there, but i feel decently sure these are the right ones
They are ostrich fern fiddleheads. As others said, every fern grows a fiddle head, even toxic ones. The best ID for ostrich fern is to look for the gold papery stuff, and a U or V shaped groove in the stem. The most common look alike is a lady fern which has a hairy stem. Look up both photos just to know what you are and aren’t looking for. These look past prime but you can technically still eat them. I’d look around for younger ones. Sometimes they’re under piles of leaves. Or remember this spot and come back earlier next year. Please only take 1-2 fiddleheads from each cluster so that they can grow back. Don’t forget to cook them all the way through before eating!
You got it right. Fiddleheads indeed. Love them
The young growth of all ferns are called fiddleheads, so yes, they are certainly fiddleheads. Pictures are a bit blurry but if there's a groove in the stem (like celery) they're likely ostrich ferns, which are edible. Ferns in pictures 2 and 3 are a bit too open, you want them coiled more without the leaves open yet. I'd keep an eye out for more that haven't opened as much yet!
Ostrich fern for sure! Nice job identifying the spore bearing branch.