Biology:Cryptogramma stelleri

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Short description: Species of fern

Cryptogramma stelleri
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Genus: Cryptogramma
Species:
C. stelleri
Binomial name
Cryptogramma stelleri
(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 widely in temperate regions of Asia and North America.[2] It is a lithophyte, growing on rocky substrates.[2]

It is listed as endangered in Connecticut,[3] 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).[4]

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.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Dyer, Robert; Museum, Fred Rumsey (Natural History; Helsinki, Henry Väre (University of; Rouhan, Germinal; Ivanenko, Yury; Elias, Rui Bento (2016-05-29). "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/83652125/85448375. Retrieved 2026-06-21. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Cryptogramma stelleri (S.G.Gmel.) Prantl". https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:71734-2. 
  3. ↑ "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.)
  4. ↑ "Cryptogramma stelleri". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CRST2. 
  5. ↑ Thatcher, Edward P. (1949). "Bryophytes of an Artificially Illuminated Cave". The Bryologist 52 (4): 212-214. doi:10.2307/3239480. 

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