PLANTS Profile for Pellaea glabella (smooth cliffbrake)

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PLANTS Profile

Pellaea glabella Mett. ex Kuhn
smooth cliffbrake

Symbol:

PEGL

Group:

Fern

Family:

Pteridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Pellaea glabella Mett. ex Kuhn

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Distribution:
Pellaea glabella Mett. ex Kuhn


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USA (AR, AZ, CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, PA, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NT, ON, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Pellaea glabella Mett. ex Kuhn

View 18 genera in Pteridaceae, 17 species in Pellaea or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Pellaea glabella ssp. glabella
smooth cliffbrake

Pellaea glabella ssp. missouriensis
Missouri cliffbrake

Pellaea glabella ssp. occidentalis
western dwarf cliffbrake

Pellaea glabella ssp. simplex
smooth cliffbrake

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Pellaea glabella Mett. ex Kuhn

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class	Filicopsida
Order	Polypodiales
Family	Pteridaceae – Maidenhair Fern family
Genus	Pellaea Link – cliffbrake
Species	Pellaea glabella Mett. ex Kuhn – smooth cliffbrake

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Pellaea glabella Mett. ex Kuhn

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Connecticut:
smooth cliff-brake		Endangered
Maryland:
smooth cliffbrake		Endangered
New York:
smooth cliff brake		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Pellaea glabella Mett. ex Kuhn

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17646.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/21/2008 06:58 AM MDT