Pteris tremula

tender brake

Other common names

poor man's cibotium
shaking brake
see moretender brake
trembling fern
turawera

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Botanical details

Family: Pteridaceae
Native to the UK: No
Genus: Pteris
Genus description: Pteris can be evergreen, semi-evergreen or deciduous ferns, with short or long rhizomes and fronds that may be pinnate to 4-pinnate
Name status: Unresolved

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