Pellaea glabella

Limestone cliffs and ledges.  According to NY Flora Atlas,the subspecies we have in NY is P. glabella ssp. glabella. Evergreen, or mostly so. Possibly no longer in the Finger Lakes region of the state. 

Native Plant of the Month

Purple Cliff Brake
November 2008

Plant Information

Common Name(s): 
smooth cliff brake
Type: 
Native
Ferns & Fern Allies
Status: 
Threatened NYS (S2)
Moisture: 
Dry
Light: 
Sun
Part Sun
Soil: 
Rocky/Stony
"green" in winter

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