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§1 Plant

Pentagramma triangularis (Kaulf.) Yatsk., Windham & E. Wollenw. ssp. maxonii (Weath.) Yatsk., Windham & E. Wollenw.

vernacular Maxon's goldback fern — subspecies · Pteridaceae

USDA
PETRM
GBIF
9691412 syn.
Rank
subspecies
Maxon's goldback fern (Pentagramma triangularis ssp. maxonii)
Platephotograph · Belinda LoCC BY-NC-SA source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Fern
Family
Pteridaceae E.D.M. Kirchn.
Genus
Pentagramma
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 12 counties across 3 states/territories
Legend Native · 12 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§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 12 counties across 3 states/territories.

Arizona view state ↗ 6 N ▾
California view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 2 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/PETRM ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/9691412 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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