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Sierra cliffbrake

Pellaea brachyptera

Sierra cliffbrake
Photo: Daderot, CC0
Family
Pteridaceae (Maidenhair fern family)
Grows as
Fern

About

Pellaea brachyptera is a species of fern known by the common name Sierra cliffbrake. It is native to the coastal and inland mountains of northern California and Oregon, and a disjunct population was discovered in Chelan County, Washington, in 1986.

Other Pellaea plants

Coffee cliffbrake · Purple cliffbrake · Brewer's cliffbrake · Bridges' cliffbrake · Creeping Sickle Fern · Pellaea calomelanos · Sickle Fern · Smooth cliffbrake · Birdfoot cliffbrake · Dwarf Sickle Fern · Heart Fern · Button Fern

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

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