Pellaea mucronata
(D. C. Eaton) D. C. Eaton
Bird's foot fern, Birdfoot cliffbrake, Birdfoot fern, Bird foot fern
Pellaea mucronata is a fern that is native to California, and found only slightly beyond California borders.
The blue points on the map indicate observations in Calflora.
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Jepson eFlora section:
fern
USDA PLANTS group:
Fern
Coastal Sage Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Valley Grassland, many plant communities
[Wikipedia] Range: It is native to much of California, and parts of Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, and Baja California, where it grows in various types of rocky habitat. The subspecies californica is limited to California, while ssp. mucronata can be found outside that state's borders. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)
