Dennstaedtiaceae
Bracken
Pteridium aquilinum
- Family
- Dennstaedtiaceae
- Genus
- Pteridium
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Common names
By language (50)
- Afrikaans
- Adelaarsvaring
- Arabic
- خنشار كبير
- arz
- البتيريديوم اكويلينوم
- Asturian
- Felechu
- atj
- Orakaniwockopokw
- ba
- Абаға
- Basque
- Iratze arrunt
- Belarusian
- Арляк звычайны
- Bosnian
- Orlova paprat
- Bulgarian
- Орлова папрат
- Catalan
- Falguera, Falguera aquilina
- Chinese
- 欧洲蕨, 歐洲蕨
- cv
- Ахаль аттăк упасарри
- Czech
- Hasivka orličí
- Danish
- Ørnebregne, Almindelig Ørnebregne
- Dutch
- Adelaarsvaren, Adelsvaren
- English
- Bracken, Western brackenfern, Bracken fern, Eastern brakenfern, Brake, Common bracken, Eagle fern, Lady bracken
- Esperanto
- Agla pteridio, Aglofiliko
- Estonian
- Kilpjalg
- Finnish
- Lännensananjalka, Taigasananjalka, Kuolleenkoura
- French
- Fougère-aigle, Fougere aigle, Fougère Aigle, Grande fougère
- Galician
- Fento común
- Georgian
- Ეწრის გვიმრა
- German
- Adlerfarn
- Hebrew
- אברנית הנשר
- Hungarian
- Saspáfrány
- Irish
- Raithneach
- Italian
- Felce aquilina
- Japanese
- ワラビ, わらび, ワランビ, ワルンベ, 蕨
- kab
- Ifilku
- Kazakh
- Kädimgi orlyak şöbi, Кәдімгі орляк шөбі, كادىمگى ورلياك ٴشوبى
- Korean
- 고사리과, 고사리
- Lithuanian
- Didžialapis šakys, Šakys
- Luxembourgish
- Adlerfar
- Macedonian
- Орлова папрат
- mzn
- کرف
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Einstape, Kysteinstape, Vanlig einstape
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Einstape
- nv
- Dééłdą́ą́ʼ, Déłídą́ą́ʼ
- Persian
- سرخس عقابی
- Polish
- Orlica pospolita
- Portuguese
- Feiteira, Pteridum aquilinum
- Russian
- Орляк обыкновенный
- Serbian
- Bujad, Бујад, Орлова папрат
- shn
- ၵုတ်ႇမိူဝ်ႇ
- Slovenian
- Orlova praprot
- Swedish
- Örnbräken
- Turkish
- Kartal eğreltisi
- Ukrainian
- Орляк звичайний
- Welsh
- Rhedynen ungoes, Rhedynen gyffredin
Synonyms
- Filix-foemina aquilina (L.) Farw.
- Pteridium aquilinum subsp. typicum R.M.Tryon
- Pteridium aquilinum var. aquilinum
- Pteridium aquilinum var. lanuginosum Henriq.
- Pteris aquilina f. glabrior Carruth.
- Pteris aquilina var. languinosa Bong.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Hawaii: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
LeavesPhoto: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Piermario Maculan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nick Kleinschmidt, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marissa Calvert, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gavin Slater, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.