pteridium in a sentence

Examples

1. This moth is strongly associated with bracken ( " Pteridium spp " ) and it is most frequently encountered in habitats where this plant occurs ( e . g . moorland, heathland, open woodland ).
2. Flora of flooded gums ( " Eucalyptus rudis " ), bracken fern ( " Pteridium esculentum " ) and rushes ( from the plant families Cyperaceae, Juncaceae and Restionaceae ) occur around the springs.
3. Distinctive wet flushes descend these dry slopes and, where there is a deeper accumulation of soil, bracken ( " Pteridium aquilinum " ) is dominant, interspersed with grass-heath areas and willow and hawthorn scrub.
4. Strong empirical evidence for cyclic succession can be found in Watt s follow-up publication on the bracken system in the Journal of Ecology . " Calluna vulgaris " and " Pteridium aquilinum " were found to replace each other.
5. Additional notable features of the site are the presence of the large heath butterfly ( " Coenonympha tullia " ), the upland bird population, and stands of bracken ( " Pteridium aquilinum " ) with chickweed wintergreen ( " Trientalis europaea " ).
6. Since the withdrawal of grazing by cattle and, due to Myxomatosis, the fall in the population of rabbits ( " Oryctolagus cuniculus " ), some of the colonies are in danger of being smothered by competitive vegetation such as bracken ( " Pteridium aquilinum " ), European gorse and bramble.
7. The flora is dominated by a tangle of bracken ( " Pteridium aquilinum " ) and bramble ( " Rubus ulmifolius " ) and is comparatively rich compared with many of the other islands; probably because St Helen s has less salt spay due to its comparatively sheltered position being surrounded by other islands.
8. Members of the order generally have large, highly divided leaves and have either small, round intramarginal sori with cup-shaped indusia ( e . g . " Dennstaedtia " ) or linear marginal sori with a false indusium formed from the reflexed leaf margin ( e . g . " Pteridium " ).
9. The native vegetation of Mount Napier State Park, on the western side of the mountain, varies from grassy woodland to tall open forest dominated by Manna Gum " Eucalyptus viminalis ", Blackwood " Acacia melanoxylon ", Austral Bracken " Pteridium esculentum " and Common Tussock Grass " Poa labillardieri ".
10. There are, however, localised areas with poorer drainage and in which some lime-hating plants can be found  the calcifuges-such as bracken " Pteridium aquilinum ", as well as plants associated with water-logged conditions such as common valerian " Valeriana officinalis " and wild angelica " Angelica sylvestris ".