plant ladylyn.. sorry for the length of time in answering but illness has kept me busy. I looked at your pictures and you appear to be right in the Golden Polypody Fern so I will take it back to the extension office and ask her again.
here is a pic. of it as it is now coming out and thank you for your response
The piece in the tree (frond died) in last freeze but the rest is still viable and I kept mine protected from freeze.
