species
Pteridium aquilinum
Bracken · Brake · Bracken fern · Common bracken
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Pteridium aquilinum belongs to the family Dennstaedtiaceae, also known as Bracken, Brake, Bracken fern or Common bracken, native to the UK. It grows in part shade, where the ground is acid and in well drained conditions.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Aspect
- Part shade
- Acidity
- Acid
- Moisture
- Well drained
- In the UK
- Native
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