Braken Beauty Vol1

Simplisitic beauty at its finest – the Braken Fern, either in full bloom when living or wilting and dying, it’s so beautiful. I captured This stunning couple of ferns in the Baidup Wetlands, Maylands, along the Swan River foreshore a few weeks back.

Bracken Fern (Pteridium esculentum) is found in coastal and near-coastal areas throughout Australia, except the NT. The Noongar people of south-west WA used infusions of crushed leaves as external washes to relieve sores and rheumatic pain. They were also taken internally to treat intestinal worms. Juice from the young stems and crushed leaves was rubbed into the skin to relieve insect bites.

On Whadjuk Noonjar people’s land during DJERAN season.