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brackenAny of several large ferns (especially Pteridium aquilinum) which grow abundantly in the northern hemisphere. The rootstock produces coarse fronds each year, which die down in autumn. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| On the Maloneys' silver bracken fern (Pteris argyraea), for example, each deeply lobed leaf has a large, symmetrical white blotch in the center. On Friday, Fields demonstrated the technique as a rainy morning turned into a sunny afternoon in a clearing overgrown with bracken ferns and the tall spikes of blooming foxglove. elderberries, and bracken ferns release phenolics that inhibit Douglas-fir. |
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