Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn GRIN-Global

Taxon: Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn

Summary

Genus:

Pteridium

Family:

Dennstaedtiaceae

Nomen number:

312948

Place of publication:

O. Kersten, Reis. Ost-Afr. 3(3):11. 1879

Verified:

10/16/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

1 (1 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. latiusculum (Desv.) Underw. ex A. Heller (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Pteris aquilina L.

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Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
- based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
- http://www.skud.info
Allan, H. H. B. et al. Flora of New Zealand. 1961- http://floraseries.landcareresearch.co.nz/pages/index.aspx
Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. 1998 Note: poisonous
Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960- http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993- 202. http://floranorthamerica.org/
George, A. S., ed. Flora of Australia. 1980-
Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. 2003
Grubov, V. I. Key to the vascular plants of Mongolia. 2001
Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979
Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. Atlas florae europaeae. 1972-
Kellerman, T. S. et al. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa. 1988 Note: poisonous
Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964 Note: poisonous
Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. Flora of Siberia (English translation). 2000-
Laasimer, L. et al., eds. Flora of the Baltic countries; compendium of vascular plants. 1993-
Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. 1985 Note: poisonous
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
Mickel, J. T. & A. R. Smith. The pteridophytes of Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 88:1-1054. 2004
Miller, A. G. & T. A. Cope. Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra. 1996-
Munro, D. B. Canadian poisonous plants information system (on-line resource). http://www.cbif.gc.ca/pls/pp/poison?p_x=px
Oh, S.-Y. & J.-H. Pak. Distribution maps of vascular plants in Korea. 2001 Note: Academybook Publishing Co., Seoul.
Pemberton, R. W. & N. S. Lee. 1996. Wild food plants in South Korea; market presence, new crops, and exports to the United States. Econ. Bot. 50:63, 67. http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1979. Flora of Thailand. 1970- 3:125.
Tryon, R. M. & A. F. Tryon. 1982. Ferns and allied plants with special reference to tropical America. 1982 389.
Tryon, R. M. & R. G. Stolze. 1989. Part II. (13. Pteridaceae - 15. Dennstaedtiaceae). Pteridophyta of Peru. Fieldiana, Botany new ser. 1989- 22:105.
Tryon, R. M. 1941. A revision of the genus Pteridium. Rhodora 43:15-31,37-64.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource). Note: http://www.conabio.gob.mx/malezasdemexico/dennstaedtiaceae/pteridium-aquilinum/fichas/pagina1.htm
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Common names

English
bracken –
bracken fern –
brake –
northern bracken fern –
French
fougère des aigles –
Swedish
örnbräken –
Transcribed Korean
gosari –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Kenya
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Tanzania
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Uganda
1	Native	Africa	Macaronesia	Portugal	Azores
1	Native	Africa	Macaronesia	Portugal	Madeira Islands
1	Native	Africa	Macaronesia	Spain	Canary Islands
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Sudan
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Algeria
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Morocco
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Angola
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Malawi
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Mozambique
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zambia
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zimbabwe
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Eswatini
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Lesotho
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Liberia
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Sierra Leone
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Cameroon
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Zaire
1	Native	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Madagascar
1	Native	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Mauritius
1	Native	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Reunion
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Yemen
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Hokkaido
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Honshu
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Kyushu
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Ryukyu Islands
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Shikoku
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Korea, North
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Korea, South
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Taiwan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Mongolia	Mongolia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Amur
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Kamchatka
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Primorye
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Sakhalin
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Altay
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Buryatia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Chita
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Gorno-Altay
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Irkutsk
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Kemerovo
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Krasnoyarsk
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Kurgan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Novosibirsk
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Omsk
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Tomsk
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Tuva
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Tyumen
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Yakutia-Sakha
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Turkey
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Sri Lanka
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Cambodia
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Thailand
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Vietnam
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Malaysia
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Papua New Guinea
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Philippines
1	Native	Europe	East Europe	Estonia
1	Native	Europe	East Europe	Latvia
1	Native	Europe	East Europe	Lithuania
1	Native	Europe	East Europe	Moldova
1	Native	Europe	East Europe	Russian Federation-European part	European part
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Austria
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Belgium
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Czech Republic
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Germany
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Hungary
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Netherlands
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Poland
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Slovakia
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Switzerland
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Denmark
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Finland
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Ireland
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Norway
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Sweden
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	United Kingdom
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Albania
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Bosnia and Herzegovina
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Bulgaria
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Croatia
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Greece		incl. Crete
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Italy		incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Montenegro
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	North Macedonia
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Romania
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Serbia
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Slovenia
1	Native	Europe	Southwestern Europe	France		incl. Corsica
1	Native	Europe	Southwestern Europe	Portugal
1	Native	Europe	Southwestern Europe	Spain		incl. Baleares
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	New Brunswick
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Newfoundland
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Nova Scotia
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Ontario
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Prince Edward Island
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Quebec
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	St. Pierre and Miquelon
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Illinois
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Iowa
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Minnesota
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Missouri
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	North Dakota
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	South Dakota
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Wisconsin
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Connecticut
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Indiana
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Maine
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Massachusetts
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Michigan
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New Hampshire
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New Jersey
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New York
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Ohio
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Pennsylvania
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Rhode Island
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Vermont
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	West Virginia
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Baja Norte
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Baja Sur
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Coahuila
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Nuevo Leon
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosi
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sinaloa
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Colorado
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Idaho
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Montana
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Oregon
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Washington
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Wyoming
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	New Mexico
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Alabama
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Arkansas
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Delaware
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	District of Columbia
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Georgia
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Kentucky
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Louisiana
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Maryland
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Mississippi
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	North Carolina
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	South Carolina
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Tennessee	http://tenn.bio.utk.edu/vascular/database/vascular-database.asp?CategoryID=Pteridophytes&FamilyID=Dennstaedtiaceae&GenusID=Pteridium&SpeciesID=aquilinum%20var.%20latiusculum
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Aguascalientes
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Federal District
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guanajuato
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Hidalgo
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Mexico
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacan
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Morelos
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Nayarit
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Queretaro
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	California
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Nevada
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Utah
1	Native	Northern America	Subarctic America	United States	Alaska
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Alberta
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	British Columbia
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Manitoba

Native
Africa

EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Azores, Madeira Islands]
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan
NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Lesotho, Eswatini, South Africa
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Liberia, Sierra Leone
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Zaire
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion

Asia-Temperate

ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen
CHINA: China
EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku], Korea, South, Korea, North, Taiwan
MONGOLIA: Mongolia
RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Amur, Kamchatka, Primorye, Sakhalin]
SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Buryatia, Gorno-Altay, Tuva, Yakutia-Sakha, Altay, Krasnoyarsk, Chita, Irkutsk, Kemerovo, Kurgan, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tomsk, Tyumen]
WESTERN ASIA: Turkey

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka
INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea

Europe

EAST EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova
MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia
NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece (incl. Crete), Croatia, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (incl. Baleares), France (incl. Corsica), Portugal

Northern America

EASTERN CANADA: Canada [New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec], St. Pierre and Miquelon
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Baja Norte, Baja Sur]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee (http://tenn.bio.utk.edu/vascular/database/vascular-database.asp?CategoryID=Pteridophytes&FamilyID=Dennstaedtiaceae&GenusID=Pteridium&SpeciesID=aquilinum%20var.%20latiusculum)]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Veracruz, Federal District]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
SUBARCTIC AMERICA: United States [Alaska]
WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba]

Economic Uses

Human food
Medicines
folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2) –
Vertebrate poisons
mammals (fide Kingsbury; Kellerman et al.; Lampe & McCann; Cooper & Johnson ed2) –
Weed
(fide Atlas WWeed) –

Banque Nationale de Gènes

Taxon: Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn