Calflora Taxon Report
Pteridium aquilinum  (L.) Kuhn  var. pubescens  Underw.
Hairy brackenfern, Western bracken fern
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Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens is a fern that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.
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
Parent: Pteridium aquilinum
Genus: Pteridium
Family: Dennstaedtiaceae  
Category: fern  
PLANTS group:Fern
Jepson eFlora section: fern
Toxicity: Do not eat any part of this plant.

Wetlands: Occurs usually in non wetlands, occasionally in wetlands

Habitat: coastal

Communities: Coastal Strand, Coastal Sage Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Valley Grassland, many plant communities

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS
Alternate Names:
PLANTSPteridium aquilinum ssp. lanuginosum
PLANTSPteridium aquilinum var. lanuginosum
POWOPteridium pubescens
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Suggested Citation
“Calflora - Taxon Report.” The Calflora Database, a non-profit organization. .

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