Taxonomy: Fam. Dennstaedtiaceae// Genus: Pteridium// Species: Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn. The classification is given according to The Euro+Med PlanBase (Christenhusz & Raab-Straube, 2013+).
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Micevski (1985).
Lifeform: Perrenial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to Macaronesia, North and Northeast Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Europe to Siberia and Iran according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Garden, Kew).
Habitat: Edges and clearings of forest, river gorges, pastures, Pteridium aquilinium fields, from c. 800 up to 1700 m altitude. The species is able to colonize large areas forming fern fields.
Locality: Ponikva.
Pteridium aquilinum – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pteridium aquilinum – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pteridium aquilinum – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pteridium aquilinum – leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pteridium aquilinum – leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pteridium aquilinum – leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pteridium aquilinum – leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pteridium aquilinum – leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pteridium aquilinum – primary and secondary divisions (pnnae) of leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pteridium aquilinum – primary and secondary divisions (pnnae) of leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pteridium aquilinum – primary and secondary divisions (pnnae) of leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pteridium aquilinum – adaxial side of pinnules. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pteridium aquilinum – adaxial side of pinnules. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pteridium aquilinum – abaxial side of pinnules with marginal indusium. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pteridium aquilinum – abaxial side of pinnules with marginal indusium, midrib of pinnae and rachis. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pteridium aquilinum – abaxial side of pinnules with marginal indusium, midrib of pinna and rachis. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pteridium aquilinum – petioles of leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pteridium aquilinum – leaf petiole. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pteridium aquilinum – leaf petiole. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pteridium aquilinum – leaf petiole. Osogovo – Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Locality: “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica.
Pteridium aquilinum – habit. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pteridium aquilinum – habit. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pteridium aquilinum – leaves. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pteridium aquilinum – primary division and secondary divisions (pinnae). Osogovo,”Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pteridium aquilinum – primary division and secondary divisions (pinnae). Osogovo,”Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pteridium aquilinum – pinnae and pinnules. Osogovo,”Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pteridium aquilinum – pinnae and pinnules, rachis and midrib of pinnae. Osogovo,”Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pteridium aquilinum – midrib of pinnae and rachis. Osogovo,”Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pteridium aquilinum – rachis and petiole. Osogovo – “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
