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bracken fern
Pteridium aquilinum
Pteridium aquilinum
bracken fern bracken ferns
Pteridium aquilinum Dennstaedtiaceae
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common name
  bracken fern
accepted scientific name
  Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn
rules for finding collection records
  Pteridium aquilinum (239)
  Pteridium latiusculum (1)
family name
  • Dennstaedtiaceae
Image Author: ©2008 Keir Morse
Image License: CC BY-NC-SA
Image Source
Category: Fern-like Plants
Fern Category: Fern
Plant Observed All Year
Global distribution

How Likely at this Location (38%)
Name Match (100%)
Plant Showiness (27%)
where plant found
mag select

Forest
Brush
Grassland
Disturbed
grid lines base


Names

Accepted Scientific Name

Pteridium aquilinum   (L.) Kuhn   (TSN: 17224, Index: 635)


Scientific Names used to access collection records




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Common Names



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Family Names