Species profile—Pteridium esculentum (common bracken)
Classification
Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Dennstaedtiaceae → Pteridium esculentum (common bracken)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Plantae (plants)
- Class
- Equisetopsida (land plants)
- Family
- Dennstaedtiaceae
- Scientific name
- Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne
- Common name
- common bracken
- WildNet taxon ID
- 16340
- Alternate name(s)
- bracken fern
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Confidential
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=16340.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
