Meet the common ferns! (Find part one here!)
This series is a collection of my personal (UPG) correspondences for local plants. Please do not utilize this post as a sole way to identify them, and do not ingest unless you have done the proper research.
- Meet Adiantum pedatum, also known as Maidenhair Fern! With delicate black stems and lacy blades, they hardly look like they belong in any forest on earth.
- The spirits of these plants tend to be observers, and enjoy being observed and admired in return.
- Stalk. Daintiness, elegance.
- Blades. Glamour.
- Fiddleheads. Confident power, mystery.
- Meet Pteridium aquilinum, also known as Western Bracken Fern! These ferns can grow very wide fronds, and I’ve found some that are over 6 feet tall!!
- I haven’t had many interactions with these plant spirits.
- Stalk. Strong relationships/bonds, personal strength.
- Blades. To find silence, a quiet mind.
- Fiddleheads. To conceal yourself in mystery, the unknown, cryptid.
- Meet Athyrium filix-femina, also known as Lady Fern! Delicate, yet abundant – this fern adds a burst of color everywhere it grows!
- These spirits are very gentle.
- Stalk. To find the ability to continue the routine, to do what you must.
- Blades. Gentleness, light, happiness.
- Fiddleheads. Recovery.
Heatherwitch 
