Ferns of North America

This guide shall serve as a base for those interested in the Pteridophyta division of plants! With any luck, this guide will help the reader understand and identify the ferns of North America.

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Coffee Fern 1
Pellaea andromedifolia
Sierra cliffbrake 2
Pellaea brachyptera
Brewer's cliffbrake 3
Pellaea breweri
Bridges' cliffbrake
Pellaea bridgesii
bird's foot cliffbrake 4
Pellaea mucronata
spiny cliff-brake 5
Pellaea truncata
purple-stem cliffbrake 6
Pellaea atropurpurea
smooth cliffbrake 7
Pellaea glabella
Pellaea glabella ssp. glabella 8
Pellaea glabella glabella
heartleaf cliffbrake
Pellaea cordifolia
Gastony's Cliffbrake 9
Pellaea gastonyi
Pellaea glabella ssp. missouriensis
Pellaea glabella missouriensis
Pellaea glabella ssp. occidentalis
Pellaea glabella occidentalis
Pellaea glabella ssp. simplex
Pellaea glabella simplex
intermediate cliffbrake
Pellaea intermedia
Pellaea mucronata ssp. californica
Pellaea mucronata californica
Pellaea mucronata ssp. mucronata
Pellaea mucronata mucronata
Ovate-leaf Cliffbrake 10
Pellaea ovata
trans-Pecos cliffbrake 11
Pellaea ternifolia
Pellaea ternifolia ssp. arizonica
Pellaea ternifolia arizonica
Pellaea ternifolia ssp. ternifolia 12
Pellaea ternifolia ternifolia
Pellaea ternifolia ssp. villosa
Pellaea ternifolia villosa
Wright's cliffbrake 9
Pellaea wrightiana

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