Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne
Bracken
Rep.Bot.Surv.Tongariro Nat.Park 34 (1908)
Conservation Code:
Not threatened
Naturalised Status: Native to Western Australia
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
Beard’s Provinces: South-West Province.
IBRA Regions: Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions: Avon Wheatbelt P1, Dandaragan Plateau, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions: WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs): Albany, Armadale, Augusta-Margaret River, Boddington, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Busselton, Capel, Chapman Valley, Collie, Dandaragan, Donnybrook-Balingup, Esperance, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Harvey, Jerramungup, Manjimup, Melville, Moora, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Narembeen, Plantagenet, South Perth, Stirling, Swan, Three Springs, Toodyay, Wanneroo, Waroona, Williams.
