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Aspidotis californica; California Lace Fern   

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Aspidotis californica
Aspidotis californica
California Lace Fern
Photographer: Aaron Schusteff

ID: 0000 0000 0220 0455 (2020-02-09)

Copyright © 2020 Aaron Schusteff

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  • date of photo  Feb 8, 2020
  • location   Fall Creek Unit, Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park (Santa Cruz County, California, US)
  • family Pteridaceae
  • notes   Underside of a pinna (i.e. unit at 'first degree' of pinnate division) of an Aspidotis californica blade.

    The pinnules (i.e. units at 'second degree' of pinnate division) are themselves dissected into 5-7 segments cut nearly to the midrib of the pinnule...and those segments are apically 3-5 toothed and support 1-3 discrete clumps of whitish sori (= agglomerations of sporangia, here irregularly kidney-shaped) and 1-7 smaller brownish, roughly-oblong indusia.

    At this early point in the season, the (fairly tiny) indusia are light-brown/tan/beige...but I think they often become black when seen later in the year.

  • photo category: Plant - annual/perennial

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
  • common names   California Lace Fern (photographer)
  • Look for Jepson Manual treatments, maps (University & Jepson Herbaria)
  • View Calflora record for Aspidotis californica
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