Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata (Bird's Foot Fern)

3/25/17 Dripping Springs Trail, Agua Tibia, Cleveland National Forest,

Riverside County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Bird's Foot Fern 

SPECIES: Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata

FAMILY: Pteridaceae (Brake Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 3/25/17

LOCATION: Dripping Springs Trail, Agua Tibia Wilderness, Cleveland National Forest, Riverside County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Leaf: 20--40(60) cm, 5--15 cm wide; blade 2--3(4)-pinnate; pinnae not overlapped, generally +- spreading to widely ascending; fertile segments not appearing folded in half, recurved margins not meeting abaxially. 

Ecology: Rocky or dry areas; 

Elevation: 20--2400 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: KR, NCoR, CaR, SN, GV (Sutter Buttes), CW, SW, SNE, DMoj (desert mtns and lower montane slopes, canyons); 

Distribution Outside California: Baja California. 

Jepson eFlora Author: Ruth E.B. Kirkpatrick, Alan R. Smith, Thomas Lemieux & Edward Alverson