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Brackenfern, Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Larry W. Mitich*
Affiliation:
Department of Vegetable Crops, University of California, Davis, CA 95616

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Intriguing World of Weeds
Copyright
Copyright © 1999 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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