Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Common Name Results

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Common Name: western bracken fern
Family Name: Dennstaedtiaceae

• Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: western bracken fern
  Synonyms:
  

         • Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. latiusculum (Desv.) Underwood

         • Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. pseudocaudatum (Clute) Maxim

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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