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Cystopteris utahensis
Cystopteris utahensis, commonly called the Utah bladderfern is a rare species of fern found in canyons and on sheltered cliff faces with calcareous rocks. It mainly grows on the Colorado Plateau in the western United States, but is also found in a few locations in southern New Mexico and an adjacent area of Texas. Studies of its genetics show that it originates from a natural hybrid of the species Cystopteris bulbifera and Cystopteris reevesiana.
The five western states where Cystopteris utahensis grows are Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah. The majority of the range for the species is in Utah and northern Arizona with only a few isolated populations known from western Colorado and New Mexico. Two other isolated populations are known from the south eastern boarder of New Mexico with Texas. The Colorado population is in Moffat County and the Texas population is in Culberson County.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cystopteris utahensis 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.
