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Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Pteridophytes
Family Name: Dennstaedtiaceae

SPECIES

Dennstaedtia - [maps | photos]

Pteridium - [maps | photos]

  • Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
    Common Name: western bracken fern
    Synonyms:
             • Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. pseudocaudatum (Clute) Maxim
             • Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. latiusculum (Desv.) Underwood

*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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