Cryptogramma stelleri

{{Short description|Species of fern}} {{Speciesbox | image = Cryptogramma stelleri 5536193 4x3.jpg |status = {{TNCStatus}} |status_system = TNC | genus = Cryptogramma | species = stelleri | authority = (S.G.Gmel.) Prantl }}

'''Cryptogramma stelleri''', common names '''slender cliff-brake''', '''fragile rock-brake''', '''slender rock-brake''', and '''Steller's rockbrake''', is a plant found in North America.<ref name="PLANTS">{{PLANTS |symbol=CRST2|taxon=Cryptogramma stelleri|access-date=15 April 2021 }}</ref> It is listed as endangered in Connecticut,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20151023162806/http://www.ct.gov/deep/lib/deep/wildlife/pdf_files/nongame/ETS15.pdf "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015"]. State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved 17 January 2018. (Note: This list is newer than the one used by plants.usda.gov and is more up-to-date.)</ref> Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. It is listed as threatened in Maine and New Hampshire, as exploitably vulnerable in New York (state) and as sensitive in Washington (state).<ref name="PLANTS">{{PLANTS |symbol=CRST2|taxon=Cryptogramma stelleri|access-date=15 April 2021 }}</ref>

''Cryptogramma stelleri'' is known to be able to use artificial light to grow in places which are otherwise devoid of natural light, such as Crystal Cave in Wisconsin.<ref name="Thatcher 1949">{{cite journal |last1=Thatcher |first1=Edward P. |title=Bryophytes of an Artificially Illuminated Cave |journal=The Bryologist |date=1949 |volume=52 |issue=4 |pages=212-214 |doi=10.2307/3239480 }}</ref>

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Category:Pteridaceae