PLANTS Profile for Pellaea brachyptera (Sierra cliffbrake)

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PLANTS Profile

Pellaea brachyptera (T. Moore) Baker
Sierra cliffbrake

Symbol:

PEBR3

Group:

Fern

Family:

Pteridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Pellaea brachyptera (T. Moore) Baker

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Native Status:
Pellaea brachyptera (T. Moore) Baker


View Distribution	Native Introduced

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USA (CA, OR, WA)

Related Taxa:
Pellaea brachyptera (T. Moore) Baker

View 19 genera in Pteridaceae, 17 species in Pellaea

Classification:
Pellaea brachyptera (T. Moore) Baker

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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 brachyptera (T. Moore) Baker – Sierra cliffbrake

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Pellaea brachyptera (T. Moore) Baker

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Washington:
Sierra cliff-brake		Sensitive

More Accounts and Images:
Pellaea brachyptera (T. Moore) Baker

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 17642.

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

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 10:48 PM CDT