Calflora Taxon Report
Adiantum aleuticum  (Rupr.) C. A. Paris
Five finger fern
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2018 Neal Kramer
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2013 BOB CASE
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Adiantum aleuticum is a fern that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
Genus: Adiantum
Family: Pteridaceae  
Category: fern  
PLANTS group:Fern
Jepson eFlora section: fern
Wetlands: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands

Ultramafic affinity: 2.4 - weak indicator

Communities: Redwood Forest, Douglas-Fir Forest, Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Chaparral, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO
Alternate Names:
JEFAdiantum boreale
PLANTSAdiantum pedatum ssp. aleuticum
JEF + PLANTSAdiantum pedatum ssp. calderi
PLANTSAdiantum pedatum ssp. subpumilum
JEF + PLANTSAdiantum pedatum var. aleuticum
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[Wikipedia] Taxonomy: Adiantum is derived from Greek and means 'unwetted'. This name is in reference to the fact that its leaves do not become saturated, even when they are submerged in water. Aleuticum means 'from the Aleutian Islands'. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)

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