This native groundcover is commonly known as common bracken.
Pteridium esculentum is described as a "fern" in the Dennstaedtiaceae family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
Reported at 34 Fraser Coast localities: Bauple, Bauple Forest, Beaver Rock, Beelbi Creek, Bidwill, Boompa, Boonooroo Plains, Burrum Heads, Craignish, Doongul, Duckinwilla, Dundowran, Dundowran Beach, Gigoomgan, Glenwood, Great Sandy Strait, Howard, K'gari, Magnolia, Mount Urah, Owanyilla, Poona, St Mary, Takura, Talegalla Weir, Tandora, Teddington, Tinnanbar, Toogoom, Tuan, Tuan Forest, Walkers Point, Wondunna, Yerra.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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