Fragile Rockbrake
(Cryptogramma stelleri)
Description
Slender rock-brake has a circumboreal distribution, and in North America its range is disjunct in the northeastern and northwestern regions. In New England it israre, and found on high-pH rocks and cliffs. The above-ground parts whither by late summer.
Taxonomic tree:
Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Pteridophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order:Polypodiales
Family:Pteridaceae
Genus:Cryptogramma
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