Ostrich Fern
Will grow in wet areas if the area is only wet for a while in the spring.
All the fronds/stalks grow from a single point - a black knob.
Frond narrows quite abruptly
Provides fiddleheads
Polypody (Polypodium virginianum)
Rattlesnake Fern (Botrypus virginianus)
Marginal Wood Fern
Sensitive Fern
Also known a Bead Fern