In summer it looked like this:
Sensitive to frost, it now looks like this:
The little beads that hold the spores have set and will stay like this through the winter:
Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis):
- Lady Bird Johnson: http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ONSE
- USDA Plant Database: http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ONSE