| Taxon | Pellaea mucronata var. californica |
| group | Ferns |
| Family | Pteridaceae |
| Family common name(s) | brake; brake-fern; brake fern; brakefern; cliff brake fern |
| Genus common name(s) | cliff-brake; cliff brake; cliffbrake; cliff-brake fern; cliff brake fern |
| Species common name(s) | common bird's-foot fern; common bird's foot fern; bird's-foot fern; bird's foot fern; bird's-foot-fern; birdsfoot fern; birdfoot fern; bird-foot fern; bird foot fern; bird's-foot cliff-brake; bird's foot cliffbrake; bird's foot cliff-brake; bird's-foot cliff brake; bird's foot cliff brake; birdfoot cliffbrake; bird-foot cliffbrake; poison-fern; poison fern |
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| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | tea fern is applied to multiple Pellaea taxa |
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| Notes | bird's-food fern is probably an error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | subsp. californica (Lemmon) Windham; Pellaea wrightiana Hook. var. californica Lemmon; Pellaea compacta (Davenp.) Maxon |
