Bracken Fern?
Being new to fern identification, I'd like confirmation that the fern
in http://www.flickr.com/photos/raphanus97/ is in fact Ptridium aquilinum. The fern seems to be tripinnate on the lower part of the frond and bipinnate at the top. Have I got this right? The fern is a volunteer in my newly landscape backyard in Aiken County, SC. Thanks. |
Bracken Fern?
This fern is not a bracken, it may be a lady fern- Athyrium filix-femina.
Carroll Hughes |
Bracken Fern?
Thanks. If one looks at
www.hlasek.com/athyrium_filix-femina_a2972.html the leaves of mine look quite different unless there is considerable variability. Or...? Carroll Hughes wrote: This fern is not a bracken, it may be a lady fern- Athyrium filix-femina. Carroll Hughes |
Bracken Fern?
Thanks. If one looks at
www.hlasek.com/athyrium_filix-femina_a2972.html the leaves of mine look quite different unless there is considerable variability. Or...? Carroll Hughes wrote: This fern is not a bracken, it may be a lady fern- Athyrium filix-femina. Carroll Hughes |
Bracken Fern?
"Raphanus" wrote in message
ups.com... Being new to fern identification, I'd like confirmation that the fern in http://www.flickr.com/photos/raphanus97/ is in fact Ptridium aquilinum. The fern seems to be tripinnate on the lower part of the frond and bipinnate at the top. Have I got this right? The fern is a volunteer in my newly landscape backyard in Aiken County, SC. I think it's indeed likely to be a juvenile bracken fern [or possibly a rejuvenated sprout from a small piece of rhizome left behind after the landscaping]. In adults, the leaves are much longer-stalked and are spaced widely apart on the long-creeping rhizomes instead of forming a crowded clump as in yours. If I recall correctly, young plants of bracken do resemble your fern. Your plant's ultimate frond segments also look like those of bracken. cheers |
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