Index / Search / Pteridium aquilinum var. pseudocaudatum
§1 Plant
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. pseudocaudatum (Clute) A. Heller
vernacular western brackenfern — variety · Dennstaedtiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Fern
- Family
- Dennstaedtiaceae Lotsy
- Genus
- Pteridium
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 156 counties across 20 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 156 counties across 20 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 21 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PTAQP ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/10861200 ↗Record version
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