Pentagramma triangularis
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Family: | Pteridaceae |
Genus: | Pentagramma |
Species: | P. triangularis
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Binomial name | |
Pentagramma triangularis (Kaulf.) Yatsk., Windham & E. Wollenw.
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Pentagramma triangularis is a fern, commonly known as goldback fern, native to Western North America, including California.[1]
It is commonly found in mixed evergreen and oak forests, occasionally on dry brushy slopes, and prefers shaded areas[2]
Selected subspecies
- P. triangularis subsp. maxonii (Weath.) Yatsk. et al. — Maxon's gold back fern; Southern California [3]
- P. triangularis ssp. semipallida (J. Howell) G. Yatsk. et al. — pale gold back fern [4]
- P. triangularis subsp. triangularis
- P. triangularis subsp. viscosa (D.C. Eaton) Yatsk. et al. — sticky gold back fern; endemic So. California chaparral, Channel Islands Calflora: P. triangularis subsp. viscosa
References
- ^ Calflora . accessed 2.12.2013
- ^ K. Lyons and Cuneo-Lazaneo, M.B. 1988. Plants of the Coast Redwood Region. Shoreline Press, Soquel, CA.
- ^ Calflora: P. triangularis subsp. maxonii
- ^ Calflora: Pentagramma triangularis ssp. semipallida'
External links
- Calflora database: Pentagramma triangularis
- USDA Plants Profile for Pentagramma triangularis (goldback fern)
- Jepson Manual Treatment for Pentagramma triangularis
- Pentagramma triangularis — UC Photo gallery
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Categories:
- Pentagramma
- Fern species
- Ferns of California
- Ferns of Mexico
- Ferns of the United States
- Flora of the Northwestern United States
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of British Columbia
- Flora of New Mexico
- Flora of the Cascade Range
- Flora of the Klamath Mountains
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- Pteridophyta of the Americas
- Fern stubs