Santa Cruz Island Reserve, California-Plants
Plants of the Santa Cruz Island Reserve, California
Western Swordfern
Polystichum munitum (Western Sword Fern) is an evergreen fern native to western North America, where it is one of the most abundant ferns. It occurs along the Pacific coast from southwest Washington to southern California, and also inland east to southeastern British Columbia, northern Idaho and western Montana, with isolated populations in interior northern British ...more ↓
five-fingered fern
Adiantum aleuticum (western maidenhair fern, Aleutian maidenhair) is a species of fern in the genus Adiantum, native mainly to western North America from the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, south to Chihuahua, and also locally in northeastern North America from Newfoundland south to Maryland.
coastal woodfern
Dryopteris arguta, with the common name coastal woodfern, is a species of wood fern. It is native to the west coast and western interior mountain ranges of North America, from British Columbia, throughout California, and into Arizona.
Giant Chain Fern
Woodwardia fimbriata, known by the common name giant chain fern, is a fern species in the family Blechnaceae, in the eupolypods II clade of the order Polypodiales, in the class Polypodiopsida. It is native to western North America from British Columbia through California, including the Sierra Nevada, into Baja California.
Western Scouring Rush
Equisetum hyemale (rough horsetail or scouring rush), known in South Africa as snake grass, is a species of horsetail native to moist forests, forest edges and stream banks, swamps and fens throughout the Holarctic Kingdom.
California Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum jordanii is a perennial species of maidenhair fern, in the Vittarioideae subfamily of the Pteridaceae. The species is known by the common name California maidenhair.
California Polypody
Polypodium californicum is a species of fern known by the common name California polypody.
coffee fern
Pellaea andromedifolia, with the common name Coffee fern, is a species of cliff brake fern in the Cheilanthoideae subfamily of the Pteridaceae. It is native to California in the United States and Baja California in Mexico.
brittle bladderfern
Cystopteris fragilis is a species of fern known by the common names brittle bladderfern and common fragile fern. It can be found worldwide, generally in shady, moist areas. The leaves are up to 30 or 40 centimeters long and are borne on fleshy petioles. Each leaf is divided into many pairs of leaflets, each of which is subdivided into lobed segments. The underside ...more ↓
California lacefern
Aspidotis californica is a species of fern known by the common name California lacefern. It is native to California and Baja California.
Goldback fern
Pentagramma triangularis is a fern, commonly known as goldback fern, native to Western North America, including California....
smooth scouring rush
Equisetum laevigatum is a species of horsetail known by the common names smooth scouring rush and smooth horsetail. This plant is native to much of North America except for northern Canada and southern Mexico. It is usually found in moist areas in sandy and gravelly substrates. It may be annual or perennial. It grows narrow green stems sometimes reaching heights ...more ↓
black maidenhair fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris, the Southern maidenhair fern, black maidenhair fern, and venus hair fern, is a species of ferns in the genus Adiantum with a subcosmopolitan worldwide distribution. It is cultivated as a popular garden fern and houseplant.
Leathery Polypody
Polypodium scouleri is a species of fern known by the common names leathery polypody, Scouler's polypody, coast polypody and leather-leaf fern. It is native to coastal western North America from British Columbia to Guadalupe Island off Baja California. It is a plant of the coastline, growing in cracks on coastal bluffs, in oceanside forests, beach ...more ↓
Cleveland's Lipfern
Cheilanthes clevelandii is a species of lip fern known by the common name Cleveland's lip fern. This plant is native to southern California, including some of the Channel Islands, and Baja California, where it grows in rocky crevices in the hills and low-elevation mountains.
Cooper's Lip Fern
Cheilanthes cooperae is a species of lip fern known by the common name Mrs. Cooper's lip fern, or simply Cooper's lip fern. It is endemic to California, where it is widespread but not very common. It can be found growing in crevices in rocky habitat, generally on limestone.
