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bracken

[brak-uhn] / ˈbræk ən /


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It has been doing that through grazing cattle, which eat the vegetation, while in other areas land managers have used machines to cut and mulch the grass, gorse, bracken and heather.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Researchers collected 20 bracken stems bearing scars left by females as they deposited eggs inside the plant tissue.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

Only decades ago many of the cottages in Scotland’s Highlands were roofed in heather, bracken and marram grass.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025

Gorse, heather, bracken and trees were removed to reveal the white boulders.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2023

The trees were thicker now than they had yet been and in the more open spaces there was bracken.

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis




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