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I was wondering if anyone could ID this plant. Area was more open, receives sun.

I've noticed this plant in spring lake/ nunica area of michigan.

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It's a bit out of focus... My wild ass guess is that it's a dock.

Practical Self Reliance has a post about using the seeds as flour.

Here's Green Dean's write up on docks.

Does dock seem to match your plant?
 
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Fairly certain those are the fertile (spore-bearing) fronds of ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris). They tend to persist all through winter. You could go back in spring and check if there are fiddle-heads. Ostrich fern fiddle-heads are yummy!

Edit: please verify that it's really the right fern before eating it. If I saw that around here (Scandinavia) I'd be sure of the ID, but I don't know if ostrich fern has any (potentially toxic) lookalikes where you live.
 
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Another pic
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To me, it looks like Sensitive Ferns (Genus Onoclea).
 
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Well, definitely not dock!
 
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