Pteridium esculentum

Bracken at Cook, ACT

Pteridium esculentum at Cook, ACT - 27 Feb 2024
Pteridium esculentum at Cook, ACT - 27 Feb 2024
Pteridium esculentum at Cook, ACT - 27 Feb 2024
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Identification history

Pteridium esculentum 28 Feb 2024 dcnicholls
Unidentified 27 Feb 2024 CathB

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I'm pretty sure this would be the same plant shown in sighting 4394185 and tentatively identified as Polystichum proliferum. I was aware of this plant at the time and have been watching it since. It still doesn't have spores, but it doesn't look like P. proliferum.

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Sighting information

Additional information

  • 10cm to 30cm Plant height

Species information

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