Calflora: Pellaea mucronata

Pellaea mucronata (D. Eaton) D. Eaton

Birdfoot Fern, bird's foot fern, birdfoot cliffbrake

Pellaea mucronata, a pteridophyte, is a fern that is native to California and is found only slightly beyond California borders.

Communities:	(many plant communities), Yellow Pine Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Valley Grassland, Coastal Sage Scrub
Elevation:	between 0 and 8500 feet
Family:	PTERIDACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Pellaea found in California.
	This is a parent record; distribution data is an aggregate of data for subspecies and varieties: Pellaea mucronata var. californica Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

A shaded county indicates that there are ocurrence records of this plant within the county.

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	There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
	There are documented records, vouchered or confirmed by an expert.
	There are reported records.
	There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).

Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Pellaea mucronata from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (PEMU)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database