Latin name:	Matteuccia struthiopteris (L.) Todaro.
Botanical family:	Dryopteridaceae
Growth habit:	Herb
Vernacular name(s):	fiddlehead fern, ostrich fern (Eng.) matteucie fougère-à-l'autruche (Fr.) kakakiwikot (Cree)
Uses:	• Fronds : Base of the frond boiled with other herbs to make a decoction drunk to slow a pounding heart, also used to treat stomach pain [Dene 13]. Decoction made with the base of the stipe of the sterile frond used for back pain and to speed expulsion ot the afterbirth [Cree 95]. • Rhizomes : Stipe buds on rhizome used to treat cancer and to help gain weight [Metis 13].