PLANTS Profile for Pteris cretica (Cretan brake)

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PLANTS Profile

Pteris cretica L.
Cretan brake

Symbol:

PTCR2

Group:

Fern

Family:

Pteridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I

More Information:

Distribution:
Pteris cretica L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CA, FL, HI, LA, MD)

Related Taxa:
Pteris cretica L.

View 18 genera in Pteridaceae, 23 species in Pteris or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Pteris cretica var. albolineata
Cretan brake

Pteris cretica var. cretica
Cretan brake

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Pteris cretica L.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class	Filicopsida
Order	Polypodiales
Family	Pteridaceae – Maidenhair Fern family
Genus	Pteris L. – brake fern
Species	Pteris cretica L. – Cretan brake

Introduced Information:
Pteris cretica L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Pteris cretica L.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17701.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

Time Generated: 10/06/2008 04:12 AM MDT