Calflora Taxon Report
Myriopteris intertexta  (Maxon) Grusz & Windham
Coastal lip fern
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2020 Ken Hickman
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2020 Ken Hickman
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2022 Margaretha Kloos
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2025 R.A. Chasey
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2020 Ken Hickman
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2023 R.A. Chasey
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2020 Ken Hickman
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2019 Jacob Smith
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2023 R.A. Chasey
Myriopteris intertexta is a fern that is native to California.
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: Myriopteris
Family: Pteridaceae  
Category: fern  
PLANTS group:Fern
Jepson eFlora section: fern
Communities: Douglas-Fir Forest, Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest
Name Status:
Accepted by JEF
Alternate Names:
JEFCheilanthes intertexta
POWOHemionitis intertexta
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[Wikipedia] Taxonomy: This fern is thought to be an allotetraploid fertile hybrid of Myriopteris gracillima (maternal) and Myriopteris covillei (paternal). (link added by Mary Ann Machi)

Suggested Citation
“Calflora - Taxon Report.” The Calflora Database, a non-profit organization. .

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