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Pteridium aquilinium latiusculum

Common nameNorthern Bracken
Pteridium aquilinium latiusculumNorthern Bracken
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Latin names
ClassPteridopsida
OrderPolypodiales
FamilyDennstaedtiaceae
GenusPteridium
Speciesaquilinium
Subspecieslatiusculum
Geographic details
HabitatPine forest
Soil typeacidic
DistributionW Scotland
NativeYes
General
Plant heightlarge
BranchedYes
Plant colourgrass green
Rachis descriptionglabrous
Stipe descriptiondark at base -> red-brown to green; wiry
Habitupright lvs intermittant
Conservation statusnot threatened
Leaf details
Separate fertile leavesNo
Leaf shapedeltate
Pinnae2-3-pinnate-pinnatifid
WintergreenNo
Spore details
homosporeYes
Rhizome details
Rhizome descriptioncolonial branched deep
Rhizome scaleslacking, hairs only
Rhizome positionclumping
Sori details
Sori shapecontinuous round
Sori placementmarginal
Indusium details
indusium presentYes
indus_shapecontinuous round pinnule
indusium descriptionmembranous fringed