1 What is
1.1 Life Span
1.2 Type
1.3 Origin
World, Pandemic
Asia, Europe, North America
1.1 Types
Pteridium arachnoideum, Pteridium caudatum, Pteridium centrali-africanum
Black Ash, Blue Ash, California Ash, Carolina Ash, European Ash
1.2.1 Number of Varieties
1.4 Habitat
meadows, Shady Edge, Woodland Garden Dappled Shade
Forest edges, Hillside, Woods
1.5 USDA Hardiness Zone
1.6 AHS Heat Zone
1.7 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
1.8 Habit
Thicket/Colonizing
Oval or Rounded
2 Information
2.1 Plant Size
2.1.1 Minimum Height
60.96 cm75.00 cm
0.54
3900
2.1.2 Minimum Width
91.44 cm45.00 cm
0.1
6350
2.2 Plant Color
2.2.1 Flower Color
2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier
2.2.3 Fruit Color
2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring
Light Green, Lime Green
Dark Green
2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer
2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall
Yellow, Gold, Brown
Dark Green
2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter
2.3 Shape
2.3.1 Leaf Shape
2.4 Thorns
3 Season
3.1 Plant Season
Spring, Summer, Fall
All year
3.2 Growing Conditions
3.2.1 Sunlight
Full Sun
Full Sun, Part sun
3.2.2 Growth Rate
3.2.3 Type of Soil
3.2.4 The pH of Soil
3.2.5 Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
3.2.6 Bloom Time
Not Available
Late Spring, Spring
3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
3.3 Tolerances
Not Available
Drought, Pollution, Soil Compaction
4 Care
4.1 Where to Plant?
4.2 How to Plant?
Divison, Spores
Grafting, Seedlings, Stem Planting, Transplanting
4.3 Plant Maintenance
4.4 Watering Plants
4.4.1 Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs, Medium
Does not require lot of watering, Medium, Prefer drip-irrigation instead of Over-head watering
4.4.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
4.4.3 In Spring
4.4.4 In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
4.5 Soil
4.5.1 Soil pH
4.5.2 Soil Type
4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
4.6 Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Full Sun, Part sun
4.7 Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves, Remove dead or diseased plant parts
Prune in winter, Prune prior to new growth
4.8 Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
4.9 Pests and Diseases
Red blotch
Bark splits, Crown gall, Epicormic Sprouting, Woodpecker feeding
4.10 Plant Tolerance
5 Facts
5.1 Flowers
5.1.1 Flower Petal Number
5.2 Fruits
5.2.1 Showy Fruit
5.2.2 Edible Fruit
5.3 Fragrance
5.3.1 Fragrant Flower
5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit
5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf
5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem
5.4 Showy Foliage
5.5 Showy Bark
5.6 Foliage Texture
5.7 Foliage Sheen
5.8 Evergreen
5.9 Invasive
5.10 Self-Sowing
5.11 Attracts
5.12 Allergy
Carcinogenic, Stomach cancers
Not Available
6 Benefits
6.1 Uses
6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose
Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose
6.1.2 Beauty Benefits
Good for skin
Not Available
6.1.3 Edible Uses
6.1.4 Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
6.2 Plant Benefits
6.2.1 Medicinal Uses
Anthelmintic, Antiemetic, Antiseptic, Diuretic, Poultice, Refrigerant, Tonic
Fever, Liver problems
6.2.2 Part of Plant Used
Leaves, Root
Leaves, Stem
6.2.3 Other Uses
Adhesive, Basketary, Used as a dye, Used for making soaps, Used in biomass
Used as Ornamental plant
6.3 Used As Indoor Plant
6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
6.5 Garden Design
Groundcover
Shady Tree, Showy Tree
7 Scientific Name
7.1 Botanical Name
PTERIDIUM aquilinum
Fraxinus
7.2 Common Name
Bracken, Western brackenfern, Decomposition brackenfern, Hairy brackenfern
Ash Tree
7.2.1 In Hindi
Bracken Fern Plant
राख पेड़
7.2.2 In German
Bracken Fern Pflanze
Esche
7.2.3 In French
Bracken Fern Plante
Frêne
7.2.4 In Spanish
7.2.5 In Greek
Bracken Fern Plant
δέντρο Ash
7.2.6 In Portuguese
Bracken Planta Fern
Freixo
7.2.7 In Polish
Bracken Fern roślin
Jesion
7.2.8 In Latin
Pteridium aquilinum Planta
Fraxinum
8 Classification
8.1 Kingdom
8.2 Phylum
8.3 Class
Filicopsida
Magnoliopsida
8.4 Order
8.5 Family
Dennstaedtiaceae
Oleaceae
8.6 Genus
Pteridium Gleditsch
Fraxinus
8.7 Clade
Not Available
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
8.8 Tribe
8.9 Subfamily
Not Available
Not Available
8.10 Number of Species