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Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. pubescens Underw.
hairy brackenfern

       
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Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. pubescens Underw.

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Synonyms:
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. pubescens Underw.

  PTAQL2 Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn ssp. lanuginosum (Bong.) Hultén
  PTAQL3 Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. lanuginosum (Bong.) Fernald
 

Distribution:
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. pubescens Underw.

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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC)
 

Related Taxa:
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. pubescens Underw.

View 10 genera in Dennstaedtiaceae, 3 species in Pteridium, 4 varieties in Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn
 

Classification:
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. pubescens Underw.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class Filicopsida
Order Polypodiales
Family Dennstaedtiaceae – Bracken Fern family
Genus Pteridium Gleditsch ex Scop. – brackenfern
Species Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn – western brackenfern
Variety Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. pubescens Underw. – hairy brackenfern
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. pubescens Underw.

bracken
bracken fern
eagle fern
western bracken
Pteridium aquilinum
bracken
bracken fern

This plant and the related entities italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

SWSS        Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. pubescens Underw.

Pteridium aquilinum:

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACU-,FAC- FACU FACU FACU FACU FACU FAC- FACU FACU FACU FACU FACU FACU- NI
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More Accounts and Images:
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. pubescens Underw.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 529922.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

 

Related Web Sites:
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. pubescens Underw.

Arizona: abstract & image of western bracken (Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens)

NY-Cornell University: Poisonous Plant Databases (images)

 
 
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