Species Details

Myriopteris wootonii

Wooton's lace fern

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Classification

Scientific Name: Myriopteris wootonii (Maxon) Grusz & Windham
Common Name: Wooton's lace fern
Family:	Pteridaceae
Element Code:	PPADI090S0
USDA Plants Symbol:
Synonyms/Other Names: Cheilanthes wootonii Maxon

Conservation Status

CA Rare Plant Rank:	2B.3
Fed List:	None
State List:	None
Global Rank:	G5
State Rank:	S2
Other Status:
CRPR Changes: changed from 2.3 to 2B.3 on 2013-06-12
Add Date:	1980-01-01
Date Edited:	2022-03-01

Ecology and Life History

Lifeform: perennial rhizomatous herb

Blooming Period: May-Oct

Elevation:
1600 - 1900 meters
5250 - 6235 feet

General Habitats:

Joshua tree "woodland"
Pinyon and juniper woodland

Microhabitat Details:

Microhabitat:

Rocky

Notes

Notes: Reported from the Panamint Mtns. In A Flora of Southern California (1974) by P. Munz; need quads. See Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 3:146 (1918) for original description, Madroño 25(1):56 (1978) for distributional information, and PhytoKeys 32:49-64 (2013) for revised nomenclature.
Threats:
Taxonomy:

Threat List Data from the CNDDB

THREAT LIST:
Threat List Total:	0
	Total EOs	% of EOs
EOs with Threat Listed:	0	%
No threats

Occurrence Data from the CNDDB

Element Occurrence Ranks:
Total Occurrences:					7
A	B	C	D	X	U
0	0	0	0	0	7

Occurrence Status:
Historical >20 Years	5
Recent <=20 Years	2

Presence:
Presumed Extant	7
Possibly Extirpated	0
Presumed Extirpated	0

Location

California Endemic:

California Island:

States: Name (Code)
Arizona (AZ), Baja California (BA), California (CA), Colorado (CO), Nevada (NV), New Mexico (NM), Oklahoma (OK), Sonora, Mexico (SO), Texas (TX), Utah (UT)

California Counties and Islands: Name (Code)
San Bernardino (SBD)

Quads: Name (Quad Code)
Fountain Peak (3411585), Ivanpah (3511533), Pinto Valley (3511523)

Notes:

Definitions of codes following a county and/or quad:
*		Presumed extirpated
(?)		Occurrence confirmed, but possibly extirpated
Quad and county data is imported from the CNDDB. Species may be present in other areas where conditions are favorable. These data should NOT be substituted for pre-project review or for on-site surveys.

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Presumed Extant

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