Summary
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Pteridium esculentum, commonly known as bracken fern, Austral bracken or simply bracken, is a species of the bracken genus native to a number of countries in the Southern Hemisphere. Esculentum means edible.
How to id
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- > 1m, rhizomes, harsh texture, brown in winter
- Stipe brown at base and yellow at apex, woody
- 3-4-pinnate at base, sori continuous along pinnae margin
- Distinct
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