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cliff brake

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cliff brake
any of several common ferns of the genus Pellaea, usually growing in pockets of thin soil on rocks.
[1865-70, Amer.]

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▪ plant, genus Pellaea
 any of about 40 species of ferns of the genus Pellaea (family Pteridaceae). Cliff brake ferns grow on or among rocks, mostly limestone, throughout the world. Small plants with mostly leathery leaves, they are characterized by spore-bearing structures (sporangia) that occur in round or elongated clusters (sori) on the margins of fertile leaves. Overlapping leaf margins form a protective covering.

      The name cliff brake is sometimes used for rock ferns or rock brakes, about four to seven species constituting the genus Cryptogramma, native to Europe, Asia, and the Americas. They differ from Pellaea species by having fronds that die back each winter and by their fertile leaflets, which are usually narrower than the vegetative ones.

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Universalium. 2010.

  
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