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purple-stem cliffbrake

Pellaea atropurpurea

8,480 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 150, February 143, March 163, April 309, May 189, June 92, July 83, August 85, September 101, October 108, November 140, December 136.
United States12,910
Texas1,698
New Jersey1,363
New York1,308
Pennsylvania769
Virginia671
Missouri621
Tennessee556
West Virginia486
Maryland465

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassFerns · Polypodiopsida
OrderPolypodiales
Familybrake family · Pteridaceae
Genuscliffbrakes · Pellaea

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