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Serpentine Soil Communities of Marin County

Catalog of species of all taxa observed in areas notable for high serpentenite content in the soils:
Mount Tamalpais State Park
Ring Mountain
Carson Ridge and Pine Mountain Road near Fairfax
Others TBD

brittle bladderfern 1
Cystopteris fragilis
California shield fern 2
Polystichum californicum
Western Swordfern 3
Polystichum munitum
coastal woodfern 4
Dryopteris arguta
Giant Chain Fern 5
Woodwardia fimbriata
five-fingered fern 6
Adiantum aleuticum
California Maidenhair Fern 7
Adiantum jordanii
Goldback Fern 8
Pentagramma triangularis
coffee fern 9
Pellaea andromedifolia
bird's foot cliffbrake 10
Pellaea mucronata
California lacefern 11
Aspidotis californica
serpentine fern 12
Aspidotis densa
Coastal Lip Fern 11
Cheilanthes intertexta
California Polypody 13
Polypodium californicum
Licorice Fern 6
Polypodium glycyrrhiza
Bracken 14
Pteridium aquilinum

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