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THE Brake Fern or Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) is an ancient plant of world-wide distribution in temperate and even tropical parts. Although a plant favouring the less dense woodlands and deeper soils, it may invade and dominate grass or heather even on shallow soils where the winters are not too severe or the summers too dry. This characteristic has made it a serious agricultural pest not only in Britain but also in Australia and New Zealand.
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The North British Agriculturist, 88, No. 37, 855 (1936). The Scottish Farmer, 44, No. 2277 (1936).
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Bracken as a Weed. Nature 138, 706–707 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138706a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/138706a0