Can anybody help me identify this fern? I haven't really got a clue about ferns, I'm guessing it's a common garden variety as they just spring up everywhere.
Thank Ceres, do you know if it will have any impact on other plants? I was thinking of keeping them but now I'm not sure in case they compete too much.
My stepfather's garden was completely overgrown with the stuff and I had to use a sickle to cut it all down. Its best to eradicate it before it takes over plus there are mutterings about spores and cancer so I wouldn't have it in the garden.
Bracken isn't really a garden plant, more a wild plant, it can be quite invasive and hard to get rid of. The woods here are full of it. And I think it's a bit toxic.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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Certainly looks like common bracken (Pteridium aquilinum).
I thought common bracken was Pteridium esculentum????
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Apparently esculentum is found in the southern hemisphere but maybe it has hitched a ride north with visiting antipodean backpackers.
Thank Ceres, do you know if it will have any impact on other plants? I was thinking of keeping them but now I'm not sure in case they compete too much.
My stepfather's garden was completely overgrown with the stuff and I had to use a sickle to cut it all down. Its best to eradicate it before it takes over plus there are mutterings about spores and cancer so I wouldn't have it in the garden.
Bracken isn't really a garden plant, more a wild plant, it can be quite invasive and hard to get rid of. The woods here are full of it. And I think it's a bit toxic.
In that case, I think I'll get rid of them, or at least as best as I can - in the past my dad has pulled some up and they still came bac.