Pteridium aquilinum var. caudatum

(Linnaeus) Sadebeck

Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst. Beih. 3: 5. 1897.

Common names: Lacy bracken
Illustrated
Basionym: Pteris caudata (Linnaeus) Maxon Sp. Pl. 2: 1075. 1753
Synonyms: Pteridium caudatum
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.

Petiole 20–75 cm. Blade broadly ovate to deltate, 2–3-pinnate-pinnatifid, 30–100 × 20–80 cm; blades, rachises, and costae usually densely covered abaxially with abundant, straight, stiff, subappressed to spreading hairs. Pinnae all narrowly to broadly triangular; terminal segment of each pinna ca. 10 times longer than wide, longer ultimate segments several times their width apart, ca. 1–2.5 mm wide. Pinnules at nearly 90° angle to costa; fertile ultimate segments only decurrent, or more decurrent than surcurrent. Outer indusia entire, glabrous.


Habitat: In barrens, pine woodlands, and edges of deciduous woods in strongly acid to circumneutral soil, forming large colonies in exposed sites
Elevation: 0 m

Distribution

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Fla., Mexico, West Indies, Bermuda, Central America, South America from Colombia to Peru.

Discussion

In Florida and West Indies material, the abaxial surfaces are quite hairy; in Central American material they are often much less hairy.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Carol A. Jacobs +  and James H. Peck +
(Linnaeus) Sadebeck +
Pteris caudata +
Lacy bracken +
Fla. +, Mexico +, West Indies +, Bermuda +, Central America +  and South America from Colombia to Peru. +
In barrens, pine woodlands, and edges of deciduous woods in strongly acid to circumneutral soil, forming large colonies in exposed sites +
Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst. Beih. +
Illustrated +
Pteridium caudatum +
Pteridium aquilinum var. caudatum +
Pteridium aquilinum +
variety +