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Read random thoughts and musings about Bracken from George Ellison and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Pteridium latiusculum +
FAMILY
Dennstaedtiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pteridium aquilinum +
FAMILY
Dennstaedtiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 010-05-001:
Pteridium aquilinum +
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
COMMON NAME:
Bracken, Brake
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April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Emily B. Sessa ebspaquilinum_9374
May
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Emily B. Sessa ebspaquilinum_9377
May
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Emily B. Sessa ebspaquilinum_9396
May
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May Greenville County SC
Blade broadly triangular, divided into 3 nearly equal parts, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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May Spartanburg County SC
Chinquapin Greenway
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May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
In crosier form, 3 sections of frond uncoil like an eagle's claw opening, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Emily B. Sessa ebspaquilinum_1747
July
Blade reflexed almost to the horizontal (parallel to ground), per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Emily B. Sessa ebspaquilinum_1752
July
Sori covered or partially covered by the reflexed edges of the pinnules, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Emily B. Sessa ebspaquilinum_1754
July
Sori form infrequently in narrow lines near margins of pinnules, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Emily B. Sessa ebspaquilinum_1770
July
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JK Marlow jkm0511a_18
November Haywood County NC
Turns brown in autumn, but does not wither away until following year, per How to Know the Ferns by Frances Theodora Parsons, 1899.