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<div style="margin: 0px"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">By D. Fuller</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">-</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Agriculture and
Non-Timber Forest Products Professional, University of Maine Cooperative Extension</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ABSTRACT</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px 0px 7px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A four-year study was undertaken to observe the effects of fiddlehead harvesting on
frond production of the ostrich f</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ern, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">MATTEUCCIA
STRUTHIOPTERIS </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(L.) Todaro. Ostrich fern crowns in a natural setting were used, with harvest methods that approximate the habits of traditional harvesters.
Crowns with fiddleheads that were 100% removed in a one-time picking suffered significant decline in the number of fiddleheads produced over the four subsequent years, or in some cases were killed outright. Crowns that had
</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">only 50% of the fiddleheads removed in a one-time picking produced fewer fiddleheads in subsequent years, and were similar to the control crowns from
which no fiddleheads had been harvested. This study suggests that harvesting up to 50% of the fiddleheads of a given crown, with no subsequent harvest in the same year, is more sustainable than completely harvesting crowns and completely harvesting crowns
has the potential to weaken or eradicate ostrich fern colonies.</span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Journal of the National Association of County Agricultural Agents</span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Vol. 13, Iss. 1, June 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Full article at: </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">https://www.nacaa.com/journal/index.php?jid=772</span></div>
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