Scott Leslie / Boardwalk in old-growth forest, Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia, Canada

Scott Leslie / Unfurling fern in spring woods, Nova Scotia, Canada

Scott Leslie / Plant emerging from burnt tree stump after forest fire, Canada

Scott Leslie / Canadian Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) grove with sapling, Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia, Canada

Scott Leslie / Unfurling springtime ferns, Nova Scotia, Canada

Gerry Ellis / Deer Fern (Blechnum spicant) fiddleheads, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Scott Leslie / Ferns emerging from charred forest floor after recent fire, Nova Scotia, Canada