Pellaea breweri

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'''''Pellaea breweri''''' is a species of fern known by the common name '''Brewer's cliffbrake'''. It is native to much of the Western United States. It grows in rocky habitat such as cliffs and mountain slopes.

==Description== ''Pellaea breweri'' grows from a branching reddish-brown rhizome covered in hairlike scales. Each leaf is up to 20 or 25 centimeters long. It is composed of a shiny brown rachis lined with widely spaced leaflets. The thick, pale green leaflets vary in shape from lance-shaped to diamond, triangular, or spade-shaped, and are sometimes divided deeply into lobes, or into two smaller leaflets. The edges of each segment are rolled under. The sporangia are located under the edges.

==External links== *[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?92,122,125 Jepson Manual Treatment - ''Pellaea breweri''] *[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PEBR4 USDA Plants Profile; Pellaea breweri] *[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233500872 Flora of North America] *[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Pellaea+breweri ''Pellaea breweri'' - Photo gallery]

breweri Category:Ferns of California Category:Ferns of the United States Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Category:Flora of the West Coast of the United States Category:Flora of the Western United States Category:Flora of the Northwestern United States Category:Flora of the Southwestern United States Category:Endemic flora of the United States