The Vascular Plants of Iowa

An Annotated Checklist and Natural History

University of Iowa Press Digital Editions


Group Name:
Pteridophytes
Family Name:
Dennstaedtiaceae
Genus:
Pteridium Gleditsch ex Scop. Gleditsch ex Scop.
Genus Common Name:
Bracken ferns
Species:
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. latiusculum (Desv.) Underw. ex Heller
Species Common Name:
Bracken fern
Habitat:
Moist, often sandy, woods & roadsides
Abundance and Distribution:
Common northeast to rare central and southeast
Origin:
Native
Link to this record:
http://uipress.lib.uiowa.edu/vpi/DetailsPage.aspx?species_id=SPEd1e352