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Pteridium esculentum (G. Forst.) Nakai  

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Family: Dennstaedtiaceae
western brackenfern
[Pteridium aquilinum var. pseudocaudatum Domin]
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Carol A. Jacobs
James H. Peck in Flora of North America (vol. 2)
Petiole 10--70 cm. Blade broadly triangular to sometimes ovate, 2--3-pinnate-pinnatifid at base, 20--80 × 20--70 cm; blades, rachises, and costae sparsely pilose to glabrous abaxially. Pinnae (proximal) ovate-lanceolate or triangular, distal pinnae oblong; terminal segment of each pinna ca. 6--15 times longer than wide, longer ultimate segments 1--2 times their width apart, ca. 2--5 mm wide. Pinnules at 45--60° angle to costa; fertile ultimate segments adnate or equally decurrent and surcurrent. Outer indusia entire to somewhat erose, glabrous. In barrens and open pine or oak woods in acid, often sandy soil, abundant, forming large colonies; 0--1000 m; Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., D.C., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Ky., La., Md., Mass., Miss., Mo., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., W.Va. Pteridium aquilinum var. pseudocaudatum is more common in the southern portion of the range.

Vascular plants of NE US and adjacent Canada
Longest entire lf-segment or part of a segment ca 9 times as long as wide, the terminal segments mostly 2-4.5 mm wide; margins of the ultimate segments nearly or quite glabrous; se. U.S., n. to Mo., s. Ind., O., and on the coastal plain to Cape Cod, Mass

Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

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