PLANTS Profile for Pellaea mucronata ssp. mucronata (birdfoot cliffbrake)

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PLANTS Profile

Pellaea mucronata (D.C. Eaton) D.C. Eaton ssp. mucronata
birdfoot cliffbrake

Symbol:

PEMUM

Group:

Fern

Family:

Pteridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Forb/herb

L48

Pellaea longimucronata

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Images:
Pellaea mucronata (D.C. Eaton) D.C. Eaton ssp. mucronata

Synonyms:
Pellaea mucronata (D.C. Eaton) D.C. Eaton ssp. mucronata

	PELO8	Pellaea longimucronata Hook.
	PEMUM3	Pellaea mucronata (D.C. Eaton) D.C. Eaton var. mucronata		bird's-foot fern

Distribution:
Pellaea mucronata (D.C. Eaton) D.C. Eaton ssp. mucronata


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USA (AZ, CA, NV, OR)

Related Taxa:
Pellaea mucronata (D.C. Eaton) D.C. Eaton ssp. mucronata

Classification:
Pellaea mucronata (D.C. Eaton) D.C. Eaton ssp. mucronata

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class	Filicopsida
Order	Polypodiales
Family	Pteridaceae – Maidenhair Fern family
Genus	Pellaea Link – cliffbrake
Species	Pellaea mucronata (D.C. Eaton) D.C. Eaton – birdfoot cliffbrake
Subspecies	Pellaea mucronata (D.C. Eaton) D.C. Eaton ssp. mucronata – birdfoot cliffbrake

More Accounts and Images:
Pellaea mucronata (D.C. Eaton) D.C. Eaton ssp. mucronata

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 524435.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 05:56 AM CDT