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Myriopteris covillei
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Coville's Lipfern
( Myriopteris covillei )
Myriopteris covillei
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About Coville's Lipfern (Myriopteris covillei)
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Myropteris covillei is a species of lip fern known by the common name Coville's lip fern. This plant is native to the southwestern United States and Baja California, where it grows in rocky crevices in the mountains and foothills. This fern has green leaves which may be up to 4-pinnate, that is, made up of leaflets that subdivide 3 times, such that the leaflets are layered with overlapping rounded segments. The leaves have a bumpy, cobbled look. The undersides of the leaves have scales which are lengthened outgrowths of the epidermis. Tucked under the scales are the sporangia, which make the spores.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Fern
Landscaping Information
Sun
Full Sun, Part Shade, Full Shade
Moisture
Low
Nurseries
Carried by 4
Ease of Care
Moderately Easy
Natural Setting
Site Type
Crevices, bases of rocks, sun or shade
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 4.5" - 67.1", Summer Precipitation: 0.16" - 3.90", Coldest Month: 26.9" - 58.8", Hottest Month: 44.6" - 87.5", Humidity: 0.17" - 38.31", Elevation: 83" - 9001"
Alternative Names
Botanical Names
: Cheilanthes covillei
Common Names
: Coville's Lip Fern
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Myriopteris covillei
Sources include:
Wikipedia
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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