As bracken is a native wild flower i cant pick it by law , but i cant find anywhere to buy it any idea's?

yes i know its carcogenic but i want it for composting (cellulose) to go mainly with grasslawns cuttings . i have pleanty of land but no bracken and my soil is ok. there is wild bracken growing within a mile of my house.

As bracken is a native wild flower i cant pick it by law , but i cant find anywhere to buy it any idea's?
Firstly, bracken is not a flower, it's a fern, an invasive one at that. It harbours mites that can cause lime disease, and yes, it is indeed carcinogenic. To add to its other charms, it tends to acidify any soil it is growing in and crowd out most other plants. In short, it's a nuisance.





Secondly, and most importantly, it is NOT illegal to pick bracken under (British) law. The Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981, states under Section 13 (1)(a) that it is an offence to "intentionally pick, uproot or destroy any wild plant on Schedule 8." Schedule 8 lists all the wild plants specifically protected from intentional picking, uprooting and destruction (see website listed below). Bracken is not on the list.





So go ahead and help yourself. Better yet, come around to my paddock and take the lot...
Reply:I take your point, but do a web search and see how many sites come up on controlling bracken, including DEFRA, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, the RSPB, the Forestry Commission... I seriously doubt you will have any problem removing it. Report It

Reply:You may not be able to pick it - but surely you can transplant it? That's just bracken moving to a better area!
Reply:I had some at my last house, not sure where it came from originally but it spreads like wildfire, spores on the leaves.





Is it illegal to cut a couple of the stemmed leaves, or a few of the leaves?





I used to put the leaf into a paper bag, the spores collect in the bottom, could you try this?





Otherwise you had better just steal some as you clearly won't rest until you have that cellulose in your heap.
Reply:just steal it
Reply:loads of it on eston hills cleveland uk
Reply:i say call a govt office or dept of agriculture... ask them what is permissible.
Reply:Why do you want to complicate your life by using bracken will nothing else suffice like leaf mould....? Sorry but why would you want to use something that is carcogenic doesn't make any sense to me.
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I don't know about it being a carcogen but what i can tell you is Bracken contains Cyanide within it's structure, that's one reason why animals won't touch it, so be careful if you handle it
Reply:wait till the flower goes to seed then get the seeds and plant them
Reply:forget your crazed obssesion with wild flowers and become a real weirdo and start stalking stars or something