Bracken, Brackenfern, Bracken Fern, Brake Fern, Hairy Bracken, Northern Bracken, Western Brackenfern
Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens
Synonyms: Pteridium aquilinum ssp. lanuginosum, Pteridium aquilinum ssp. pubescens, Pteridium aquilinum var. lanuginosum, Pteris aquilinum var. pubescens
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The photo at left shows a bracken fern along the Cedar Creek Trail #457, Mount Hood National Forest......June 27, 2023. The photo at right shows the triangular shape
of the bracken fern seen along the Island Springs Trail #66 to the east of Little
Mt. Adams.........August 25, 2005. The fronds are bi- to tri-pinnately
compound. This species spreads underground by rhizomes.
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Bracken ferns as seen along the Scott Mountain Trail #4339, on the east side of Scott Mountain, Mount Washington Wilderness.........September 16, 2016.
Paul Slichter