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Cascade rockbrake

Cryptogramma cascadensis

Also called Cascade Parsley Fern

Cascade rockbrake
Photo: Eric Yarnell, CC BY 3.0
Family
Pteridaceae (Maidenhair fern family)
Grows as
Fern
Native range
W. Canada to W. U.S.A.

About

Cryptogramma cascadensis is a species of fern known by the common names Cascade parsley fern and Cascade rockbrake.

Where it grows

It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Montana to California, where it grows in the cracks and crevices of mountain talus slopes, especially in moist subalpine areas on volcanic or granite rocks.

Other Cryptogramma plants

American rockbrake · Parsley fern · Fragile rockbrake · Rockbrake

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cryptogramma cascadensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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