PLANTS Profile for Pteridium aquilinum var. pseudocaudatum (western brackenfern)

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PLANTS Profile

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

Symbol:

PTAQP

Group:

Fern

Family:

Dennstaedtiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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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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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:

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. pseudocaudatum (Clute) A. Heller

Pteridium aquilinum:

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 6

Reg. 7

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU-,FAC-

FACU

FAC-

FACU

FACU-

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

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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