Austral Bracken,
Bracken Fern
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Regional Species Conservation Assessments per IBRA subregion.
Least concern
Near threatened
Rare
Vulnerable
Endangered
Critically endangered
Extinct
Data deficient
Adelaide
Arkaroola
Ceduna
Coober Pedy
Hawker
Innamincka
Marla
Marree
Mount Gambier
Oodnadatta
Renmark
Wudinna
Keith
Yunta
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| Mount Gambier (SVP02) | Southern Volcanic Plain | Least Concern |
| Bridgewater (NCP01) | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Least Concern |
| Glenelg Plain (NCP02) | | Least Concern |
| Lucindale (NCP03) | | Least Concern |
| Tintinara (NCP04) | | Near Threatened |
| Kangaroo Island (KAN01) | Kanmantoo | Least Concern (Probable Decline) [poisoned/ripped by farmers] |
| Fleurieu (KAN02) | | Least Concern |
| Mount Lofty Ranges (FLB01) | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern |
| Broughton (FLB02) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [Localised] |
| St Vincent (EYB02) | Eyre Yorke Block | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [Localised] |
| Eyre Hills (EYB03) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [has been cleared, restricted, needs rainfall] |
| Lowan Mallee (MDD04) | Murray Darling Depression | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i)) [edge of range; needs higher rainfall ] |
| Wimmera (MDD05) | | Least Concern |
| Mount Gambier (SVP02) | Southern Volcanic Plain | Least Concern |
| 4 of 4 subregions | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Least Concern , Near Threatened |
| 2 of 2 subregions | Kanmantoo | Least Concern |
| 2 of 6 subregions | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern , Rare |
| 2 of 5 subregions | Eyre Yorke Block | Rare |
| 2 of 6 subregions | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern , Rare |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 2
Prior names
Pteridium esculentum
Pteris esculenta
Common names
Austral Bracken
Bracken Fern
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray, Southern Lofty, Kangaroo Island, South Eastern, Green Adelaide
NRM regions: Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges, Eyre Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, Northern and Yorke, South Australian Murray-Darling Basin, South East
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)
