Species: Cryptogramma stelleri
Fragile Rockbrake
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Filicinophyta
Class
Filicopsida
Order
Filicales
Family
Pteridaceae
Genus
Cryptogramma
NatureServe
Classification
Other Global Common Names
Steller's rockbrake - cryptogramme de Steller - fragile rockbrake
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Ferns and relatives
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Filicinophyta - Filicopsida - Filicales - Pteridaceae - Cryptogramma
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
Plant, vascular cryptogam, fern, Adiantaceae.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1998-05-20
Global Status Last Changed
1985-09-06
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Nearly circumpolar. Northern North America, Europe, Asia. Seward Peninsula east through central AK to westcentral Yukon and the Mackenzie, disjunctly eastward to Alberta and south mountains. (B74WEL01AKUS, B80POR01AKUS). Alaska to Labrador south to Oregon, Montana, Iowa, Michigan, and West Virginia, with disjunct populations in Wyoming, New Mexico, and Utah.