Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn ssp. pseudocaudatum (Clute) Hulten
Detail
- Family
- Dennstaedtiaceae
- Botanical Name
- Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn ssp. pseudocaudatum (Clute) Hulten
- Common Name
- Southern Bracken Fern
- Synonym(s)
- Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. pseudocaudatum (Clute) Heller
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn ssp. pseudocaudatum (Clute) Heller
- Comments
- See also map of P. aquilinum ssp. latiusculum. This taxon appears to be the common ssp. in the southeastern Piedmont and southeastern Virginia Coastal Plain, extending sporadically north to Fairfax County and over most of the Piedmont south of the James River. The two ssp. have overlapping ranges in Virginia; specimens with intermediate characters are not uncommon and can be difficult to assign.
- Habitat
- Maritime forests and dune woodlands, sandhill woodlands, dry oak and oak-pine forests, sandy clearings, roadsides, wet flatwoods, bogs, and boggy clearings; especially abundant in areas with a history of frequent fires. Common in the s. Coastal Plain, and in the Piedmont south of the James River; infrequent or rare elsewhere.
- Native Status
- Native
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