[The Bracken Fern Family in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

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

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) - 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) -

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.

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) - 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) - Frond of 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)

Bracken ferns as seen at left and at center along the Scott Mountain Trail #4339, on the east side of Scott Mountain, Mount Washington Wilderness.........September 16, 2016. The image at right shows the frond of bracken fern as seen along the Falls Creek Falls Trail #152, Gifford Pinchot National Forest.....May 27, 2025.
Paul Slichter