bracken
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The insect was last seen in the New Forest in the 1990s and specialist listening equipment was used to locate the insect in France and its eggs which were hidden inside the stems of bracken.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 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
"The landscape has changed dramatically because the cows have been here for about three seasons and you notice there's very little bracken and there are bluebells coming up."
From BBC ● May 18, 2025
On the right side of the bay there was a great bed on low legs, not more than a couple of feet high, covered deep in dried grass and bracken.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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