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Adiantum aleuticum
© 2008 Rodney W. Lacey
Adiantum aleuticum
Sherry Ballard© 2001 California Academy of Sciences
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Adiantum aleuticum  (Rupr.) C.A. Paris
Western Five finger, five finger fern, five finger maidenhair, five fingered fern
Adiantum aleuticum, a pteridophyte, is a fern that is native to California and is also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.
Communities: Redwood Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Chaparral, Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest, Douglas-Fir Forest, wetland-riparian
Affinity to serpentine soil:   2.4 (weak indicator)   [Safford et al 2005]
Wetlands:Equally likely to occur in wetlands or non wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]
Elevation: between 0 and 10000 feet
Family: PTERIDACEAE  
Related:See a list of other species in the genus Adiantum found in California.
Name Status:
Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93
Other Names:
TJM2: Adiantum pedatum
PLANTS: Adiantum pedatum ssp. aleuticum
PLANTS: Adiantum pedatum ssp. calderi
PLANTS: Adiantum pedatum ssp. subpumilum
PLANTS: Adiantum pedatum var. aleuticum
PLANTS: Adiantum pedatum var. subpumilum




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Distribution by County: See a detailed   Distribution Grid  of this plant in California.
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    CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.
 Information about  Adiantum aleuticum  from other sources:
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website references on Google

USDA PLANTS Profile (ADAL)

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

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    Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, based on data contributed by dozens of public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of Calif. Herbaria. [web application]. 2013. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: http://www.calflora.org/   (Accessed: May 22, 2013).

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