Index / Search / Pellaea glabella
§1 Plant
Pellaea glabella Mett. ex Kuhn
vernacular smooth cliffbrake — species · Pteridaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Fern
- Family
- Pteridaceae E.D.M. Kirchn.
- Genus
- Pellaea
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 351 counties across 24 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 351 counties across 24 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cook 17031
- DuPage 17043
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- LaSalle 17099
- Madison 17119
- Monroe 17133
- Ogle 17141
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Rock Island 17161
- St. Clair 17163
- Stephenson 17177
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Allamakee 19005
- Buchanan 19019
- Carroll 19027
- Cedar 19031
- Cerro Gordo 19033
- Clayton 19043
- Clinton 19045
- Crawford 19047
- Delaware 19055
- Des Moines 19057
- Dubuque 19061
- Fayette 19065
- Hardin 19083
- Jackson 19097
- Johnson 19103
- Jones 19105
- Marion 19125
- Mitchell 19131
- Muscatine 19139
- Scott 19163
- Van Buren 19177
- Webster 19187
- Winneshiek 19191
Kansas view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Atchison 20005
- Bourbon 20011
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Douglas 20045
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Greenwood 20073
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Marshall 20117
- Montgomery 20125
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Ottawa 20143
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Scott 20171
- Shawnee 20177
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
Kentucky view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Andrew 29003
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Camden 29029
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cedar 29039
- Christian 29043
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Hickory 29085
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jefferson 29099
- Knox 29103
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- Miller 29131
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- Ozark 29153
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Ralls 29173
- Reynolds 29179
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
Montana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 13 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 19 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 13 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Calumet 55015
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Pepin 55091
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PEGL ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/8203048 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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