Pellaea gastonyi Windham
Gastony's cliff-brake
Pteridaceae (Maidenhair Fern family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Gastony's cliff-brake
Pteridaceae (Maidenhair Fern family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Evergreen perennial in small clusters from a short, stout rhizome.
Leaves:
Of 2 slightly different forms, sterile leaves shorter than fertile leaves, oblong or triangular, 5-25 cm long, 2-7 cm wide, 2-pinnate towards the base, 1-pinnate in the upper part; segments leathery, sparsely woolly along the midrib, with recurved margins.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Pellaea gastonyi
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
1024 | 949 | 1099 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
63 | 57 | 70 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
225 | 190 | 260 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
0 | 0 | 1 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
D | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
2 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
IDF | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
IDF(2) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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