Aspidotis californica
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Aspidotis californica is a species of fern
known by the common name California lacefern. It is native to California
and Baja California
.
It grows in rock cracks and crevices in many types of habitat. The leaves are thin and dissected into many triangular leaflets which are subdivided into small segments with curled teeth. The leaf segments bear sori
containing sporangia, with the edges of the leaves rolled under to create a false indusium over the sori.
Fern
A fern is any one of a group of about 12,000 species of plants belonging to the botanical group known as Pteridophyta. Unlike mosses, they have xylem and phloem . They have stems, leaves, and roots like other vascular plants...
known by the common name California lacefern. It is native to California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
and Baja California
Baja California
Baja California officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is both the northernmost and westernmost state of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1953, the area was known as the North...
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It grows in rock cracks and crevices in many types of habitat. The leaves are thin and dissected into many triangular leaflets which are subdivided into small segments with curled teeth. The leaf segments bear sori
Sorus
A sorus is a cluster of sporangia .In fungi and lichens, the sorus is surrounded by an external layer. In some red algae it may take the form of a depression into the thallus....
containing sporangia, with the edges of the leaves rolled under to create a false indusium over the sori.