Myriopteris covillei
Cheilanthes covillei | |
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Cheilanthes covillei Maxon
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Myriopteris covillei (Maxon) Á. Löve & D. Löve |
Cheilanthes covillei, reclassified as Myriopteris covillei, [1] is a species of lip fern known by the common name Coville's lip fern.
This plant is native to California, Baja California, Arizona, Oregon, and Utah. [2] It grows in rocky crevices in the mountains and foothills.
In California it is found in Chaparral, Yellow pine forest, Pinyon-juniper woodland, and Joshua tree woodland habitats. [1]
Description
This fern has green leaves which may be up to 4-pinnate, that is, made up of leaflets that subdivide 3 times, such that the leaflets are layered with overlapping rounded segments. The leaves have a bumpy, cobbled look.
The undersides of the leaves have scales which are lengthened outgrowths of the epidermis. Tucked under the scales are the sporangia, which make the spores.
References
- ^ a b Jepson: Myriopteris covillei . accessed 9.30.2015.
- ^ USDA: Cheilanthes covillei
External links
- Calflora Database: Myriopteris covillei (Coville's lip fern) — formerly Cheilanthes covillei.
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Myriopteris covillei — formerly Cheilanthes covillei.
- USDA Plants Profile for Cheilanthes covillei (Coville's lipfern)
- UC Photos gallery — Cheilanthes covillei
- NatureServe apparently secure species
- Cheilanthes
- Ferns of California
- Ferns of Mexico
- Ferns of the United States
- Flora of Arizona
- Flora of Baja California
- Flora of Oregon
- Flora of Utah
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- Least concern flora of California
- Fern species
- Fern stubs