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Perennial, in soil or rock crevices; rhizome generally short-creeping, suberect, or erect, scales large, generally tan to brown, generally 1-colored
Leaves generally tufted, 5200+ cm, generally ± alike; petiole generally firm, base generally darker, with 2many vascular strands; blade 14-pinnate, often with scales, hair-like scales, hairs (except clear, needle-like hairs generally 0), or short-stalked glands on axes, sometimes between veins, veins free to netted; 1° and 2° axes generally grooved on upper side
Sporangia: sori round, less often oblong or J-shaped, along or at tips of veins; indusia peltate, round-reniform, oblong to linear, J-shaped, hood-like, or cup-like, rarely 0; spores elliptic, winged, ridged, or spiny, scar linear
Genera in family: ± 60 genera, > 1000 species: worldwide, especially tropical, wooded areas. Woodsia sometimes in Woodsiaceae; Athyrium, Cystopteris sometimes in Athyriaceae.
Rhizome generally suberect to erect, often stout
Leaf: petiole stout, firm, generally densely scaly, in X -section with many round vascular strands in an arc; blade generally 13-pinnate, thin to leathery, scaly, veins generally free, rarely casually joined; 1° leaflet bases often wider on distal side; teeth generally including bristle-like tips that are < 2 mm
Sporangia: sori round; indusium generally peltate, sinus 0
Species in genus: ± 175+ species: ± worldwide
Etymology: (Greek: many rows, from rows of sori on type sp.)
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Leaf: petiole generally 1/51/2 blade length, base scales ± 23 mm wide, lanceolate, those above lowest 1° leaflets generally < 1 mm wide, falling early; blade narrow-lanceolate to -elliptic, 1-pinnate
Chromosomes: 2n=82
Ecology: Shaded or exposed outcrops, banks, slopes, rocky areas
Elevation: 3002500 m.
Bioregional distribution: Klamath Ranges, North Coast Ranges, High Cascade Range, n Sierra Nevada Foothills, High Sierra Nevada, San Francisco Bay Area, Outer South Coast Ranges, South Coast, Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, Modoc Plateau
Distribution outside California: to British Columbia
Hybridizes with P. dudleyi (called P. californicum ), P. lemmonii (called P. scopulinum ), P. munitum.
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Leaf 1580 cm; 1° leaflets in ± 1 plane, longest 36(10) cm
Sporangium: sori submarginal; indusium generally toothed
Ecology: Rocky slopes, crevices, woods
Elevation: 4001600 m.
Bioregional distribution: Klamath Ranges, n&c High Sierra Nevada, San Francisco Bay Area, Outer South Coast Ranges, South Coast, Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges
Horticultural information: DRN: 4, 5, 6 &IRR, SHD: 14, 15, 16, 17 &WET: 7, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24.