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Pteridium aquilinum
Pteridium aquilinum
(L.) Kuhn
Common Names:
Bracken Fern, Southern Bracken
Family:
Dennstaediaceae
Habit:
Pteridium aquilinum
grows from a rhizome that is up to 7 mm wide. The rhizome is covered with lance shaped, brown scales with ciliate margins. The fronds are arranged alternately, to 3 meters in length and pinnately dissected 4-6 levels, each level triangular in outline. The abaxial surface of the fronds is covered with scales of varying shapes and sizes (deltoid-round-peltate-acuminate).
The sporangia occur in marginal sori that are on the middle and upper frond lobes.
Habitat:
Pteridium aquilinum
in Dry Broadleaf Evergreen Formations- Shrubland (coppice), Pine Woodlands and Human Altered environments.
Distribution:
Pteridium aquilinum
occurs throughout the Lucayan Archipelago as well as temperate, subtropical and tropical regions of the world.
Medicinal/Cultural/Economic usage:
Pteridium aquilinum
is not known to be used medicinally in the Lucayan Archipelago.
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