genus
Cliffbrakes
Pellaea
Field notes
Pellaea is a genus of ferns in the Cheilanthoideae subfamily of the Pteridaceae. The genus name is derived from the Greek word πελλος (pellos), meaning "dark," and refers to the brown stems. Many members of the genus are commonly known as cliffbrakes. They primarily grow in rocky habitats, including moist rocky canyons, slopes, and bluffs.
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- Coffee Fern native
- Purple-stem Cliffbrake native
- Bird's Foot Cliffbrake native
- Smooth Cliffbrake native
- Spiny Cliff-brake native
- Ovate-leaf Cliffbrake present
- Button Fern introduced
- trans-Pecos Cliffbrake native
- Bridges' Cliffbrake native
- Sickle Fern
- Heartleaf Cliffbrake present
- Wright's Cliffbrake native
- Brewer's Cliffbrake native
- Sierra Cliffbrake native
- Intermediate Cliffbrake present
- Gastony's Cliffbrake
- Pellaea sagittata
- Villose Cliffbrake
- Pellaea oaxacana
- Lyngholm's Cliffbrake native
- Pellaea × glaciogena
- Pellaea × wagneri
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Plant type
- Fern Perennial Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native cliffbrakes All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Purple-stem Cliffbrake
Pellaea atropurpurea
flowers
1
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Coffee Fern
Pellaea andromedifolia
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Bird's Foot Cliffbrake
Pellaea mucronata
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Spiny Cliff-brake
Pellaea truncata
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Smooth Cliffbrake
Pellaea glabella
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Bridges' Cliffbrake
Pellaea bridgesii
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Wright's Cliffbrake
Pellaea wrightiana
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Brewer's Cliffbrake
Pellaea breweri
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Sierra Cliffbrake
Pellaea brachyptera
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trans-Pecos Cliffbrake
Pellaea ternifolia
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Lyngholm's Cliffbrake
Pellaea lyngholmii