Summary description from Wikipedia:

Pteridium aquilinum latiusculum in languages:

Chinese

蕨

Danish

Nordlig ørnebregne

English

Eastern bracken

English

eagle fern

English

Western bracken

English

Eastern bracken fern

English

Western bracken fern

English

Eastern brackenfern

French

fougère-aigle de l'Est

French

Fougère-aigle de Terre-Neuve

Korean

고사리

Swedish

tajgaörnbräken

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Parent Taxon

• N/A

Sibling Taxa

• Pteridium aquilinum aquilinum
• Pteridium aquilinum capense
• Pteridium aquilinum champlainense
• Pteridium aquilinum decompositum
• Pteridium aquilinum feei
• Pteridium aquilinum lanuginosum
• Pteridium aquilinum latiusculum
• Pteridium aquilinum pseudocaudatum
• Pteridium aquilinum pubescens
• Pteridium aquilinum wightianum

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