Morning Walk in the Woods ---> Happy Purple Fern!

Fort Steilacoom Park

Lakewood, Washington

 

I've never seen onf of these and I've walked the same path this is on hundreds of times. I looked up "purple fern" and discovered it is commonly known as purple-stem cliffbrake or just purple cliffbrake. The botanical name is: Pallaea atropurpurea and is native to both North and Central America!

 

 

Done