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Pellaea andromedifolia

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Class
  
Pteridopsida

Family
  
Pteridaceae

Scientific name
  
Pellaea andromedifolia

Division
  
Pteridophyta

Order
  
Polypodiales

Subfamily
  
Cheilanthoideae

Rank
  
Species

Pellaea andromedifolia Pellaea andromedifolia Yerba Buena Nursery Specializing in

Similar
  
Cliffbrake, Pellaea mucronata, Pentagramma triangularis, Adiantum jordanii, Dryopteris arguta

Pellaea andromedifolia, with the common names coffee cliffbrake and coffee fern, is a species of cliff brake fern in the Cheilanthoideae subfamily of the Pteridaceae. It is native to California in the United States and Baja California in Mexico.

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Pellaea andromedifolia CalPhotos Pellaea andromedifolia Coffee Cliffbrake

Description

Pellaea andromedifolia Coffee Fern Pellaea andromedifolia

This plant does not have the immediately recognizable sharply pointed leaflets on its fronds that many other ferns have. Its leaves bear rounded or oval-shaped segments widely spaced along the rachis. Each segment may curl under along its edges. The leaves are green when new, then turn red, purplish, or brown.

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Some individuals of this species are diploid and reproduce sexually, while some are triploid or tetraploid and reproduce by apogamy (growth of a plant from a gamete without fertilization).

Habitat

Pellaea andromedifolia Coffee Fern Pellaea andromedifolia

Pellaea andromedifolia is found on dry Western facing sunny banks, in coastal, Mojave Desert, and California chaparral and woodlands habitats. It is able to take long periods without water, when it will shrivel and appear dead. Then shortly after rainfall new growth appears quickly from the ground. It is not crown forming, but spreading slowly and forming clumps.

Pellaea andromedifolia Coffee Fern Native Plants CSU Channel Islands

References

Pellaea andromedifolia Wikipedia