Flora of Pennsylvania

Pteridium aquilinum gallery

The most common of all Pennsylvania ferns

Bracken Fern Gallery

Immature fern
Immature fern
Black Moshannon (Centre Co)
by PAEnflowered on 04/20/2012
Young fern
Young fern
Toftrees Woods (Centre Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 05/05/2017
Fiddleheads detail
Fiddleheads detail
Stone Valley (Huntingdon Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 05/08/2022
Fiddleheads
Fiddleheads
Stone Valley (Huntingdon Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 05/08/2022
Unfurling fiddleheads
Unfurling fiddleheads
Black Moshannon (Centre Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 05/18/2019
Unfurling fiddleheads
Unfurling fiddleheads
Black Moshannon (Centre Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 05/18/2019
Young frond
Young frond
Black Moshannon (Centre Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 05/18/2019
Entire plant
Entire plant
Mount Pisgah State Park (Bradford Co)
by Colin Gillette on 07/16/2022
Pinnae
Pinnae
Mount Pisgah State Park (Bradford Co)
by Colin Gillette on 07/16/2022
Veining on underside of pinnae
Veining on underside of pinnae
Mount Pisgah State Park (Bradford Co)
by Colin Gillette on 07/16/2022
Stipe
Stipe
Mount Pisgah State Park (Bradford Co)
by Colin Gillette on 07/16/2022
False indusium
False indusium
Mount Pisgah State Park (Bradford Co)
by Colin Gillette on 07/08/2023
Adult frond
Adult frond
Black Moshannon (Centre Co)
by PAEnflowered on 08/10/2011
End of season
End of season
Black Moshannon (Centre Co)
by PAEnflowered on 08/10/2011
In the sun
In the sun
Black Moshannon (Centre Co)
by PAEnflowered on 09/15/2011