Pteridium esculentum

Bracken at Majura, ACT

Pteridium esculentum at Majura, ACT - 20 Apr 2016
Pteridium esculentum at Majura, ACT - 20 Apr 2016
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Identification history

Pteridium esculentum 20 Apr 2016 dcnicholls
Unidentified 20 Apr 2016 AaronClausen

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A new patch of bracken fern that I never knew existed in a dried up gully on the West facing side of the mountain just up from North Watson.

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AaronClausen wrote:
   21 Apr 2016
I'm just realising Waltraud that this is the first location for bracken fern that I know of on the mountain. Do you know any other spots?
waltraud wrote:
   21 Apr 2016
Aaron that is about the site where I found Bracken fern (before CNM); Isobel Crawford confirmed my Id. I'm not aware of any other site.
Cheers
w
AaronClausen wrote:
   21 Apr 2016
Ok great to know Waltraud, thanks for confirming. It's our sacred bracken patch.
waltraud wrote:
   21 Apr 2016
I was puzzled when I found it (during rabbit mapping) I searched carefully in the surround, but it seems just this isolated spot.
AaronClausen wrote:
   21 Apr 2016
Yeah it's a really weird little patch just kind of on it's own and then impossible to spot anywhere else. I'm kinda happy about this because I thought the only other spot around here was the quarry at Mt Ainslie. I feel like going up there and turning it into a little fernery and installing sprinklers to keep it all moist so they multiply!
dcnicholls wrote:
   21 Apr 2016
There is (or used to be) some bracken growing on the lower SW slopes of Black Mountain. It tends to grow where the soil is deeper.

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  • 4 - 15 Abundance
  • 20 Apr 2016 01:42 PM Recorded on
  • AaronClausen Recorded by

Species information

  • Pteridium esculentum Scientific name
  • Bracken Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Medium Weed or Pest
  • Up to 1295.04m Recorded at altitude
  • 116 images trained Machine learning
  • In flower
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