CALeDNA_Gymnosperms__Ferns_and_Allies_Guide

This field guide is a companion to the CALeDNA environmental DNA project (ucdna.com). It includes the plant, animal and fungal species that have been observed or are likely to occur at at least one of the University of California Natural Reserves.

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California incense cedar ¹
Calocedrus decurrens

Tecate cypress
Cupressus forbesii

McNab cypress ²
Cupressus macnabiana

Sargent's cypress
Cupressus sargentii

Hesperocyparis macrocarpa ³
Cupressus macrocarpa

California Juniper ⁴
Juniperus californica

Western Juniper ⁵
Juniperus occidentalis

Utah juniper ⁶
Juniperus osteosperma

Coast Redwood ⁷
Sequoia sempervirens

boundary ephedra ⁸
Ephedra aspera

Desert Tea ⁹
Ephedra californica

Nevada Ephedra ¹⁰
Ephedra nevadensis

Green Ephedra ¹¹
Ephedra viridis

White Fir ¹²
Abies concolor

California Red Fir ¹³
Abies magnifica

Cedar of Lebanon ¹⁴
Cedrus libani

Lodgepole Pine ¹⁵
Pinus contorta

Coulter pine ¹⁶
Pinus coulteri

Jeffrey Pine ⁵
Pinus jeffreyi

Singleleaf Pinyon Pine ¹⁷
Pinus monophylla

Western White Pine ¹⁸
Pinus monticola

Bishop Pine ¹⁹
Pinus muricata

ponderosa pine ²⁰
Pinus ponderosa

Monterey Pine ²¹
Pinus radiata

Gray Pine ²²
Pinus sabiniana

Torrey Pine ²³
Pinus torreyana

mountain hemlock
Tsuga mertensiana

Santa Lucia Fir ¹⁹
Abies bracteata

Knobcone Pine ²⁴
Pinus attenuata

Sugar Pine ²⁵
Pinus lambertiana

common Douglas-fir ²⁶
Pseudotsuga menziesii

Pacific yew ²⁷
Taxus brevifolia

California Nutmeg ²⁸
Torreya californica

Orcutt's quillwort ²⁹
Isoetes orcuttii

Isoetes sp. ³⁰
Isoetes

Bolander's quillwort ³¹
Isoetes bolanderi

Howell's quillwort ³¹
Isoetes howellii

bluish spike-moss ³²
Selaginella asprella

Bigelow's spike moss ¹¹
Selaginella bigelovii

Ashy Spike-moss
Selaginella cinerascens

Wallace's spikemoss ⁴
Selaginella wallacei

Watson's spikemoss ³³
Selaginella watsonii

Field Horsetail ³⁴
Equisetum arvense

rough horsetail ³⁵
Equisetum hyemale

Smooth Scouring Rush ³⁶
Equisetum laevigatum

Giant Horsetail ³⁷
Equisetum telmateia

Coffee Fern ¹¹
Pellaea andromedifolia

Pityrogramma triangularis ²²
Pentagramma triangularis

California shield fern ³⁸
Polystichum californicum

Dudley's shield fern ³⁸
Polystichum dudleyi

Water Fern ¹¹
Azolla filiculoides

Giant Chain Fern ³⁹
Woodwardia fimbriata

brittle bladderfern ²⁷
Cystopteris fragilis

Common Bracken ²⁴
Pteridium aquilinum

Lady Fern ⁴⁰
Athyrium filix-femina

Coastal Woodfern ⁴¹
Dryopteris arguta

Narrowleaf sword fern ⁴²
Polystichum imbricans

Western Sword Fern ⁴³
Polystichum munitum

water clover ²⁷
Marsilea vestita

American pillwort ⁴
Pilularia americana

Botrychium multifidum ⁴
Sceptridium multifidum

little grapefern ⁴⁴
Botrychium simplex

Athyrium alpestre ⁴⁵
Athyrium distentifolium americanum

Cheilanthes gracillima ¹¹
Myriopteris gracillima

American parsley fern ²⁰
Cryptogramma acrostichoides

Brewer's cliffbrake ⁴⁶
Pellaea breweri

Bridges' cliffbrake
Pellaea bridgesii

Nested Polypody ⁴⁷
Polypodium calirhiza

Licorice Fern ⁴⁸
Polypodium glycyrrhiza

Leathery Polypody ⁴⁹
Polypodium scouleri

California Polypody ⁵⁰
Polypodium californicum

western maidenhair fern ⁴⁸
Adiantum aleuticum

Black Maidenhair Fern ⁵¹
Adiantum capillus-veneris

California Maidenhair Fern ⁵²
Adiantum jordanii

Adiantum sp. ⁶
Adiantum

California lacefern ⁴
Aspidotis californica

serpentine fern ⁴⁵
Aspidotis densa

Coville's Lipfern ²⁷
Cheilanthes covillei

Coastal Lip Fern ⁴
Cheilanthes intertexta

Newberry's Lipfern ⁵³
Cheilanthes newberryi

Parry's Lipfern ³²
Cheilanthes parryi

viscid lace fern ³²
Cheilanthes viscida

California cloak-fern ³²
Notholaena californica

Bird's Foot Cliffbrake ⁵⁴
Pellaea mucronata

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CALeDNA_Gymnosperms__Ferns_and_Allies_Guide

California incense cedar 1 Calocedrus decurrens

Tecate cypress Cupressus forbesii

McNab cypress 2 Cupressus macnabiana

Sargent's cypress Cupressus sargentii

Hesperocyparis macrocarpa 3 Cupressus macrocarpa

California Juniper 4 Juniperus californica

Western Juniper 5 Juniperus occidentalis

Utah juniper 6 Juniperus osteosperma

Coast Redwood 7 Sequoia sempervirens

boundary ephedra 8 Ephedra aspera

Desert Tea 9 Ephedra californica

Nevada Ephedra 10 Ephedra nevadensis

Green Ephedra 11 Ephedra viridis

White Fir 12 Abies concolor

California Red Fir 13 Abies magnifica

Cedar of Lebanon 14 Cedrus libani

Lodgepole Pine 15 Pinus contorta

Coulter pine 16 Pinus coulteri

Jeffrey Pine 5 Pinus jeffreyi

Singleleaf Pinyon Pine 17 Pinus monophylla

Western White Pine 18 Pinus monticola

Bishop Pine 19 Pinus muricata

ponderosa pine 20 Pinus ponderosa

Monterey Pine 21 Pinus radiata

Gray Pine 22 Pinus sabiniana

Torrey Pine 23 Pinus torreyana

mountain hemlock Tsuga mertensiana

Santa Lucia Fir 19 Abies bracteata

Knobcone Pine 24 Pinus attenuata

Sugar Pine 25 Pinus lambertiana

common Douglas-fir 26 Pseudotsuga menziesii

Pacific yew 27 Taxus brevifolia

California Nutmeg 28 Torreya californica

Orcutt's quillwort 29 Isoetes orcuttii

Isoetes sp. 30 Isoetes

Bolander's quillwort 31 Isoetes bolanderi

Howell's quillwort 31 Isoetes howellii

bluish spike-moss 32 Selaginella asprella

Bigelow's spike moss 11 Selaginella bigelovii

Ashy Spike-moss Selaginella cinerascens

Wallace's spikemoss 4 Selaginella wallacei

Watson's spikemoss 33 Selaginella watsonii

Field Horsetail 34 Equisetum arvense

rough horsetail 35 Equisetum hyemale

Smooth Scouring Rush 36 Equisetum laevigatum

Giant Horsetail 37 Equisetum telmateia

Coffee Fern 11 Pellaea andromedifolia

Pityrogramma triangularis 22 Pentagramma triangularis

California shield fern 38 Polystichum californicum

Dudley's shield fern 38 Polystichum dudleyi

Water Fern 11 Azolla filiculoides

Giant Chain Fern 39 Woodwardia fimbriata

brittle bladderfern 27 Cystopteris fragilis

Common Bracken 24 Pteridium aquilinum

Lady Fern 40 Athyrium filix-femina

Coastal Woodfern 41 Dryopteris arguta

Narrowleaf sword fern 42 Polystichum imbricans

Western Sword Fern 43 Polystichum munitum

water clover 27 Marsilea vestita

American pillwort 4 Pilularia americana

Botrychium multifidum 4 Sceptridium multifidum

little grapefern 44 Botrychium simplex

Athyrium alpestre 45 Athyrium distentifolium americanum

Cheilanthes gracillima 11 Myriopteris gracillima

American parsley fern 20 Cryptogramma acrostichoides

Brewer's cliffbrake 46 Pellaea breweri

Bridges' cliffbrake Pellaea bridgesii

Nested Polypody 47 Polypodium calirhiza

Licorice Fern 48 Polypodium glycyrrhiza

Leathery Polypody 49 Polypodium scouleri

California Polypody 50 Polypodium californicum

western maidenhair fern 48 Adiantum aleuticum

Black Maidenhair Fern 51 Adiantum capillus-veneris

California Maidenhair Fern 52 Adiantum jordanii

Adiantum sp. 6 Adiantum

California lacefern 4 Aspidotis californica

serpentine fern 45 Aspidotis densa

Coville's Lipfern 27 Cheilanthes covillei

Coastal Lip Fern 4 Cheilanthes intertexta