NAZ Flora: A Photographic, Annotated Catalog of Northern Arizona Vascular Plants, published by Mindbird Maps & Books

Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens

Western Bracken; Hairy Brackenfern

A member of the Dennstaedtiaceae, the Bracken Family

Habit of Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens, Coconino National Forest, Arizona

Habit.
Coconino National Forest, Flagstaff: Along southwest base of Mt. Elden,
off of Lower Oldham Trail.

1 August 2002.

 

Habitat of Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens, Coconino National Forest

Habitat.
All of the greenery, save a few leaves of Quercus gambelii
at extreme left, is of this fern.

Same time and place as top image.

 

Pinnae of Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens, Coconino National Forest

Detail of pinnae (the divisions of the frond).

Same time and place as top image.

 

Photographs copyright © Lee Dittmann

This page last revised 22 April 2011.

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