Common nameNorthern Bracken Pteridium aquilinium latiusculum © Natural History Museum Latin names ClassPteridopsida OrderPolypodiales FamilyDennstaedtiaceae GenusPteridium Speciesaquilinium Subspecieslatiusculum Geographic details HabitatPine forest Soil typeacidic DistributionW Scotland NativeYes General Plant heightlarge BranchedYes Plant colourgrass green Rachis descriptionglabrous Stipe descriptiondark at base -> red-brown to green; wiry Habitupright lvs intermittant Conservation statusnot threatened Wikimedia Urlhttps://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pteridium_aquilinum_subsp._latiusculum Leaf details Separate fertile leavesNo Leaf shapedeltate Pinnae2-3-pinnate-pinnatifid WintergreenNo Spore details HomosporeYes Rhizome details Rhizome descriptioncolonial branched deep Rhizome scaleslacking, hairs only Rhizome positionclumping Sori details Sori shapecontinuous round Sori placemarginal Indusium details Indusium presentYes Indusium shapecontinuous round pinnule Indusium descriptionmembranous fringed