But then again, chances are, so did you. Few wild plants are as polarizing as bracken fern, pteridium aquilinum. It is a global species, living everywhere but the harshest deserts and the coldest ...

Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens : Western brackenfern, bracken, brake fern, brake, eagle fern, hog brake Dennstaedtiaceae , fern family Deciduous, rhizomatous perennial fern : 2 to 7 feet tall ...