Plants of the American River Parkway
Bracken
Pteridium aquilinum (bracken, brake or common bracken), also known as "eagle fern," is a species of fern occurring in temperate and subtropical regions in both hemispheres. The extreme lightness of its spores has led to its global distribution.
bird's foot cliffbrake
Pellaea mucronata is a species of fern known by the common name Bird's foot cliffbrake.
Goldback Fern
Pentagramma triangularis is a fern, commonly known as goldback fern, native to Western North America, including California....
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.
Horsetails
Equisetum (/ˌɛkwɨˈsiːtəm/; horsetail, snake grass, puzzlegrass) is the only living genus in Equisetaceae, a family of vascular plants that reproduce by spores rather than seeds.
