Pteridium aquilinum latisculum	type		IMAGE
Bracken	fern	species

size(ft) 3 cut . decid. deciduous garden invasive	ID tips Tripartite blade in horizontal plane Fronds emerge singly.
where dry poor soil ME NH VT MA RI CT click C C C C C C for key	Comment Spreads from long rhizomes with few scattered roots. Fronds seldom fertile; when present, sporangia under false indusium at pinnule margin.
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