The tough, eagle-winged fern of near global distribution ( Pteridium aquilinum). Common in the North County.
a growth of large, weed-like ferns
Invasive native species of fern, often problematic on hill ground, may be toxic to stock and carcinogenic. Its spread had been associated with a decline in hill cattle
Brackens (Pteridium) are a genus of about ten species of large, coarse ferns, in the family Hypolepidaceae. The genus has probably the widest distribution of any fern genus in the world, being found on all continents except Antarctica and in all environments except for hot and cold deserts. Therefore it is considered to have a cosmopolitan distribution.