Eastern Mojave Vegetation Coll. No. 2890, Cystopteris fragilis  
 

 

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Photographed 10 December 2022.

Plants of Colorado
Dryopteridaceae

Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh.  Brittle Bladderfern.

Brumley, Lake County, Colorado. About ½ mile north of Brumley on the east side of the highway, about 12 road miles on Colorado Highway 82 generally west from Twin Lakes, Lake County, Colorado; 175 km. southwest of Golden. 39.0954°N, 106.541°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3279 m. About 140 m. above the highway in a rock pile of hummocky terrain (avalanche chute?) with a few small willows.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2890. 20-Jul-2022

Coll. No. 2890, 20 July 2022, characters observed: Plants, terrestrial, to 35 cm.; Fronds, petiole scales very sparse, widest at middle, bipinnately compound + lobed, abaxial surface glabrous, margins flat; Sori, between midrib and leaflet margin, round, indusium hood-like at base then divided into filiform segments.

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