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Coville's lip fern

Myriopteris covillei

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 146, February 144, March 282, April 242, May 158, June 117, July 100, August 102, September 129, October 132, November 169, December 131.
United States2,164
California1,604
Arizona233
Nevada224
Mexico128
Baja California128
Utah100
New Mexico2
Kansas1

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassFerns · Polypodiopsida
OrderPolypodiales
Familybrake family · Pteridaceae
Genuslip ferns · Myriopteris

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