How can I tell if this is bracken?

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• Fairygirl Posts: 55,117

  July 2020

  I don't think that's bracken. Having waded through plenty of it in my time, once it's reached any size, it's quite distinctive. 
  It's very sturdy in it's habit, with a 'tiered look' when you see a huge stand of it in all its glory, at about five feet tall 
  
  

  It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
  
  
  
  I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...

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• edev08 Posts: 56

  July 2020

  Not Bracken. Hre in the moor valley woodland and meadow the bracken is 3-5ft

  Grow wildflowers in your garden

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• tui34 Posts: 3,493

  July 2020

  Also, I think Bracken is tougher to the touch than fern.  Almost crackly!!

  A good hoeing is worth two waterings.
  
  

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• steephill Posts: 2,841

  July 2020

  Might be Dryopteris cristata - Crested Buckler Fern

  
  

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