Plants → Dennstaedtiaceae → Pteridium
Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne
Bracken
Rep.Bot.Surv.Tongariro Nat.Park 34 (1908)
Conservation Status:
Not threatened
Name Status:
Current
Brief Description
Amanda Spooner,
Wednesday 22 October 1997
Rhizomatous, perennial, herb (fern), 0.5–2 m high, fronds 3-4-pinnate basally; circular nectary at base of each pinna; sori linear, marginal. Laterite gravel, white sand, red loam, brown clay. Moist sandy soils, along creeks in eucalypt forest. Distribution: SW: AW, ESP, GS, JF, SWA, WAR.
