Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Fern
Trees
Origin
World, Pandemic
Asia, Europe, North America
Types
Pteridium arachnoideum, Pteridium caudatum, Pteridium centrali-africanum
Black Ash, Blue Ash, California Ash, Carolina Ash, European Ash
Number of Varieties
150
0
40000
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Habitat
meadows, Shady Edge, Woodland Garden Dappled Shade
Forest edges, Hillside, Woods
USDA Hardiness Zone
3-123-9
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
12-1
12-8
Sunset Zone
1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Habit
Thicket/Colonizing
Oval or Rounded
Plant Size
Minimum Height
60.96 cm75.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
91.44 cm45.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
-
White
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
-
Fruit Color
Brown
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Light Green, Lime Green
Dark Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Green
Dark Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Yellow, Gold, Brown
Dark Green
Leaf Color in Winter
-
Dark Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Pinnate
Oblovate
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Spring, Summer, Fall
All year
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun
Full Sun, Part sun
Growth Rate
Fast
Fast
Type of Soil
Loam, Sand
Loamy, Sandy
The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral
Acidic
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
-
Late Spring, Spring
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
-
Drought, Pollution, Soil Compaction
Where to Plant?
Ground
Ground
How to Plant?
Divison, Spores
Grafting, Seedlings, Stem Planting, Transplanting
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs, Medium
Does not require lot of watering, Medium, Prefer drip-irrigation instead of Over-head watering
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral
Acidic
Soil Type
Loam, Sand
Loamy, Sandy
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Full Sun, Part sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves, Remove dead or diseased plant parts
Prune in winter, Prune prior to new growth
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Red blotch
Bark splits, Crown gall, Epicormic Sprouting, Woodpecker feeding
Plant Tolerance
-
Drought
Flowers
✔
✘
✔
✘
Flower Petal Number
Single
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Medium
Medium
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Glossy
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
Sometimes
Sometimes
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Insects
Birds
Allergy
Carcinogenic, Stomach cancers
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
-
-
Beauty Benefits
Good for skin
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Anthelmintic, Antiemetic, Antiseptic, Diuretic, Poultice, Refrigerant, Tonic
Fever, Liver problems
Part of Plant Used
Leaves, Root
Leaves, Stem
Other Uses
Adhesive, Basketary, Used as a dye, Used for making soaps, Used in biomass
Used as Ornamental plant
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Groundcover
Shady Tree, Showy Tree
Botanical Name
PTERIDIUM aquilinum
Fraxinus
Common Name
Bracken, Western brackenfern, Decomposition brackenfern, Hairy brackenfern
Ash Tree
In Hindi
Bracken Fern Plant
राख पेड़
In German
Bracken Fern Pflanze
Esche
In French
Bracken Fern Plante
Frêne
In Spanish
Planta de helecho
Fresno
In Greek
Bracken Fern Plant
δέντρο Ash
In Portuguese
Bracken Planta Fern
Freixo
In Polish
Bracken Fern roślin
Jesion
In Latin
Pteridium aquilinum Planta
Fraxinum
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Pteridophyta
Anthophyta
Class
Filicopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Polypodiales
Lamiales
Family
Dennstaedtiaceae
Oleaceae
Genus
Pteridium Gleditsch
Fraxinus
Clade
-
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Tribe
-
Oleeae
Subfamily
-
-
Number of Species
19065
1
27800
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