Braamfontein Spruit Ecological Corridor

Common Bracken

Pteridium aquilinum aquilinum

Inclusion rationale

Why did we include this species on our website? Because it was mentioned in the following source(s):

Features data

The following sources have provided data on features for this species.

Source document Features
Ferns of the Witwatersrand
Dec. 17, 2025, 7:08 a.m.
  • Edible
  • Shade
  • Semi-shade

Photo credits

You can see the credits underneath each photo of the species pages as well. Credits, in order of appearance:

  • (c) Ken Potter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ken Potter source
  • (c) Sebastian J. Dunkl, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Sebastian J. Dunkl source
  • (c) Shaun Swanepoel, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Shaun Swanepoel source
  • (c) Diego Tamayo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Diego Tamayo source
  • (c) c michael hogan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by c michael hogan source
  • (c) Celia Bentoumi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Celia Bentoumi source
  • (c) Erwin Sieben, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Erwin Sieben source
  • (c) Jeremy Gilmore, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jeremy Gilmore source
  • (c) Sebastian J. Dunkl, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Sebastian J. Dunkl source
  • (c) Lee, seong-won, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Lee, seong-won source
  • (c) João Medeiros, some rights reserved (CC BY) source
  • (c) Kim Cabrera, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Kim Cabrera source

Sources and references

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