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Bracken fern, fiddlehead

Pteridium aquilinum

Photo by shebebusynow
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Field Notes

Description:

large fern that spreads through an open area, dies back in winter

Habitat:

temperate coastal rain forest, in sunny places between trees ("brakes")

Notes:

The sideways growing rhizome is edible

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Bracken

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The Pacific Northwest Bioregion
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PublishedApril 30, 2011

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