Calflora Taxon Report
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. pubescens Underw.
Hairy brackenfern, Western bracken fern
Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens is a fern that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.

Alternate Names and Sources:
Pteridium aquilinum ssp. lanuginosumPLANTS
Pteridium aquilinum var. lanuginosumPLANTS
Pteridium pubescensPOWO
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
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Accepted by: JEPS + PLANTS
Jepson eFlora section:
fern
USDA PLANTS group:
Fern

Do not eat any part of this plant.
Occurs usually in non wetlands, occasionally in wetlands
coastal
Coastal Strand, Coastal Sage Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Valley Grassland, many plant communities
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