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Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. pseudocaudatum (Clute) A. Heller
western brackenfern

       
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Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. pseudocaudatum (Clute) A. Heller

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Synonyms:
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. pseudocaudatum (Clute) A. Heller

  PTLAP Pteridium latiusculum (Desv.) Hieron. var. pseudocaudatum (Clute) Maxon
 

Distribution:
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. pseudocaudatum (Clute) A. Heller

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Distribution Map Legend

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

USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WV)
 

Related Taxa:
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. pseudocaudatum (Clute) A. Heller

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

Classification:
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. pseudocaudatum (Clute) A. Heller

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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. pseudocaudatum (Clute) A. Heller – western brackenfern
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. pseudocaudatum (Clute) A. Heller

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Indiana:
bracken fern              Extirpated
Ohio:
tailed bracken              Endangered
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. pseudocaudatum (Clute) A. Heller

Pteridium aquilinum
bracken
bracken fern

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.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. pseudocaudatum (Clute) A. Heller

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. pseudocaudatum (Clute) A. Heller

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

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 529921.

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

 

Related Web Sites:
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. pseudocaudatum (Clute) A. Heller

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

NY-Cornell University: Poisonous Plant Databases (images)

 
 
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