Pteridium aquilinum
indigenousDennstaedtiaceae

Pteridium aquilinum

common bracken

Indigenous (native)native

Native to Hawaiʻi and arrived without human help.

Pteridium aquilinum (bracken, brake or common bracken), also known as eagle fern, and Eastern brakenfern, is a species of fern occurring in temperate and subtropical regions in both hemispheres. The extreme lightness of its spores has led to its global distribution.

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Seasonality

Only 0 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 11 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 62 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 200 · GBIF 295 records
Kalialinui · MauiiNat 66 · GBIF 75
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 39 · GBIF 48
Humuʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 18 · GBIF 28
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 13 · GBIF 30
Kahikinui · MauiiNat 9 · GBIF 11
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 9
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 12
Pāpaʻikou · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 6
Papaʻanui · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 4
Kalalau · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 4
ʻAiea · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Nuʻu · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
South Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Kahakuloa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Kalauao · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Kaohai · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Mānana · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Kikahi · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Maunalei · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Honolua · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Naholoku · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waiheʻe · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waimano · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Hakalau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Paumalū · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1