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Bracken fern

Pteridium aquilinum

Photo by Tracy Morris
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Field Notes

Notes:

Used by northwest aboriginals as a food source, but has been implicated in livestock poisoning and linked to stomach cancer.

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Glanecia
Wow! I had no idea it was poisonous. We used to pull these out of the ground and throw them like spears, when I was a kid. Just today I was pulling them out and throwing them too, but not because it was a game, because they've grown into the garden. Ugh. At least they're easy to remove.

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The Pacific Northwest Bioregion
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Forgotten Food Sources of the Pacific Northwest United States
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Portland: Urban Biodiversity
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Native Edible and Medicinal Plants of the Pacific Northwest
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Poisonous Plants of the Pacific Northwest
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PublishedOctober 29, 2013

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