Pellaea mucronata

Identification

Pellaea mucronata, Bird's Foot Fern.
Pellaea mucronata, Bird's-Foot Fern, is growing here near granite rocks in the central coast ranges of California. - grid24_3
Pellaea mucronata, Bird's Foot Fern, is great for a rock garden.
Pellaea mucronata, Bird's Foot Fern, - grid24_3
Pellaea mucronata, Bird's Foot Fern is a gray fern that grows in almost full sun in rock outcroppings in the chaparral.

Description

Bird's Foot Fern is one tough fern. About one foot tall, native throughout California and tolerant of wind, drought, sun to partial shade. Pellea mucronata grows in full unprotected rock cracks above both nurseries. One the slope of above Santa Margarita I know the rocks have reached 130 degrees. (It was 118 in the shade for 5 days just below it.). The December 1990 frost froze most things off this slope but the ferns looked better than ever. The dried fronds were used in tea to treat tuberculosis and colds. (The were used, doesn't mean they worked.) This fern would be perfect in a rock wall placed in a wildland garden.

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Address: 3232 Las Pilitas Rd. Santa Margarita, CA 93453
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Characteristics



Pellaea mucronata Bird's Foot Fern's foliage type is deciduous and is edible.
Pellaea mucronata Bird's Foot Fern's flower color is na.

Communities

Communities for Pellaea mucronata Bird's Foot Fern:Chaparral, Coastal Sage Scrub and Mixed-evergreen Forest.

Ranges for Pellaea mucronata

ph: 6.00 to 8.00
usda: 5 to 10
height[m]: 0.10 to 0.50
width[m]: 0.10 to 0.50
rainfall[cm]: 37.00 to 101.00

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