A fact from Pteridium aquilinum appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 July 2010 ( check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that common bracken's scientific name of Pteridium aquilinum is derived from its frond's resemblance to eagle wings? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/July.

This article is rated Start-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:

Plants Mid‑importance This article is within the scope of WikiProject Plants, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of plants and botany on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.PlantsWikipedia:WikiProject PlantsTemplate:WikiProject Plantsplant articles Mid This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 28 March 2022 and 17 June 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): MiraEarly ( article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by Gonet99 ( talk) 19:16, 13 June 2022 (UTC) reply

I'm not sure this section belongs in the article. There are crackpot pseudo scientific uses for plants all over the world, and it's not helpful to list a few peculiar Finnish beliefs about bracken here. Ef80 ( talk) 16:55, 21 April 2024 (UTC) reply