Bracken (disambiguation)
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Bracken
are several species of ferns, including:
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Bracken
Bracken are several species of large, coarse ferns of the genus Pteridium. Ferns are vascular plants that have alternating generations, large plants that produce spores and small plants that produce sex cells . Brackens are in the family Dennstaedtiaceae, which are noted for their large, highly...
are several species of ferns, including:
- Pteridium esculentumPteridium esculentumPteridium esculentum, commonly known as Austral bracken or simply bracken, is a species of the bracken genus native to a number of countries in the Southern Hemisphere....
, also called aruhe in New Zealand.
Bracken may also refer to:
- Bracken (band)Bracken (band)Bracken is an experimental post-rock band from Leeds, West Yorkshire started as a solo project by Hood co-founder and lead singer Chris Adams.-Albums:* We Know About the Need...
, UK, Leeds experimental post-rock band founded by Chris Adams - Bracken (TV), Irish television soap opera
Places
- Bracken, IndianaBracken, IndianaBracken is an unincorporated community in Warren Township, Huntington County, Indiana....
, a small town in the United States - Bracken County, Ky, county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky
- Bracken LibraryBracken LibraryThis article is about the library in Muncie, Indiana. For the library in Kingston, Ontario see Bracken Health Sciences Library.The Alexander M. Bracken Library is the main library on the campus of Ball State University...
- Bracken Health Sciences LibraryBracken Health Sciences LibraryThe Bracken Health Sciences Library at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, occupies two floors of Botterell Hall. It offers complete library services and its staff are committed to excellent user service...
- Bracken CaveBracken CaveBracken Cave is the largest known habitat for Mexican Free-tailed Bats. It is located in southern Comal County, Texas, outside the city of San Antonio. Bracken Cave houses a colony of over 20 million bats, making it the largest known concentration of mammals, except for humans...
People
- Bob BrackenBob BrackenRobert Louis Bracken was an American football player and a starting quarterback for the University of Notre Dame.In his first two years playing for the Fighting Irish squad, Bracken started at halfback...
- Brendan Bracken, 1st Viscount BrackenBrendan Bracken, 1st Viscount BrackenBrendan Randell Bracken, 1st Viscount Bracken PC was an Irish businessman and a minister in the British Conservative cabinet. Primarily, the 1st Viscount Bracken is remembered for opposing the Bank of England's co-operation with Adolf Hitler, and for subsequently supporting Winston Churchill's...
- Daniel Bracken, member of the band AnathalloAnathalloAnathallo was a band originally from Mt. Pleasant, Michigan and then based in Chicago, Illinois. The band started practicing in the fall of 2000 and played their first show soon afterward. Their name is derived from a Greek word meaning "to renew, refresh or bloom again."In 2006 Anathallo released...
- David BrackenDavid BrackenDavid Bracken is an Irish soccer player who played in the League of Ireland during the first decade of the 21st century...
- Don BrackenDon BrackenDon Bracken is a former professional American football punter playing for eight seasons for the Green Bay Packers and the Los Angeles Rams in the National Football League....
- Eddie BrackenEddie BrackenEdward Vincent "Eddie" Bracken was an American actor.-Life and career:Bracken was born in Astoria, New York, the son of Catherine and Joseph L. Bracken. Bracken performed in vaudeville at the age of nine and gained fame with the Broadway musical Too Many Girls in a role he reprised for the 1940...
- Jack BrackenJack BrackenJohn James Bracken was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for one season. He played for the Cleveland Blues from August 7, 1901 to September 27, 1901.-External links:...
- James BrackenJames BrackenJames C. Bracken was an African American songwriter and the co-founder and co-owner of Vee-Jay Records with his wife Vivian and her brother, Calvin Carter.-Life:...
- John BrackenJohn BrackenJohn Bracken, PC was an agronomist, the 11th Premier of Manitoba and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ....
- Joseph Kevin BrackenJoseph Kevin BrackenJoseph Kevin Bracken , from Templemore, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, was a builder who spent his early years in America. He is most famous for being one of the seven founder members in 1884 of the Gaelic Athletic Association. He was also a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. The local Gaelic...
- Josephine BrackenJosephine BrackenMarie Josephine Leopoldine Bracken was the common-law wife of Philippine national hero Jose Rizal during his exile in Dapitan in the province of Zamboanga del Norte in southern Philippines, till his execution on December 30, 1896 in Manila. In the early hours on the day of his execution, the...
- Kyran BrackenKyran BrackenKyran Paul Patrick Bracken MBE is a former English rugby union footballer who played at scrum-half for Saracens, Bristol and Waterloo R.F.C....
- Nathan BrackenNathan BrackenNathan Wade Bracken is a former Australian cricketer. A tall left-arm fast-medium bowler, Bracken is capable of swinging the ball both ways. He has represented Australia in all forms of the game...
, Australian cricketer - Paul BrackenPaul BrackenPaul Bracken is a professor of political science and business at Yale University. Professor Bracken grew up in Philadelphia. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Columbia University in 1971 and his PhD in Operations Research in 1982 from Yale University.Bracken is a member of the Council...
- Peg BrackenPeg BrackenRuth Eleanor "Peg" Bracken was an American author of humorous books on cooking, housekeeping, etiquette and travel.-Biography:...
- Peter BrackenPeter BrackenPeter Bracken is a professional rugby union prop.In his formative rugby years he played for Tullamore RFC and also at St. Andrew's College, Dublin where he attended on Scholarship....
- Raymond BrackenRaymond BrackenRaymond "Ray" Cope Bracken was an American sport shooter who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was born in Steubenville, Ohio and died in Columbus, Ohio....
- Thomas BrackenThomas BrackenThomas Bracken was a noted late 19th century poet. He wrote "God Defend New Zealand", one of the two National anthems of New Zealand and was the first person to publish the phrase "God's Own Country" as applied to New Zealand.-Background and early years:Bracken was born at Clones, County...
- William BrackenWilliam BrackenWilliam Bracken was a hunter and tradesman and surveyor who lived in what is now Kentucky in the late 18th century. In 1773 Bracken traveled down the Kentucky river along with George, Robert, and James McAffee; together they helped survey the area around present day Frankfort and Harrodsburg...