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Top native cliffbrakes

11 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

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11 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 1 Part shade 2

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 3

Toughness

Drought tolerant

Yes 1

Form

Plant type

Fern 11 Perennial 11 Wildflower 11
  • Purple-stem Cliffbrake Pellaea atropurpurea flowers 1
  • Coffee Fern Pellaea andromedifolia
  • Bird's Foot Cliffbrake Pellaea mucronata
  • Spiny Cliff-brake Pellaea truncata
  • Smooth Cliffbrake Pellaea glabella
  • Bridges' Cliffbrake Pellaea bridgesii
  • Wright's Cliffbrake Pellaea wrightiana
  • Brewer's Cliffbrake Pellaea breweri
  • Sierra Cliffbrake Pellaea brachyptera
  • trans-Pecos Cliffbrake Pellaea ternifolia
  • Lyngholm's Cliffbrake Pellaea lyngholmii

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