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Cascade parsley fern, Cascade rockbrake

fragile rockbrake, slender rockbrake, Steller's rockbrake

Cryptogramma cascadensis

Cryptogramma stelleri

Habitat Cliff crevices and talus slopes at mid- to high elevations in the mountains, occasionally descending to sea level in humid areas. moist, shaded cliffs sand ledges, often on calcareous rocks, middle elevations to the subalpine.
Distribution
Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Idaho and Montana
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in northern Washington; Alaska to northern Nevada, east to the Rocky Mountains; also in the Great Lakes region and northeastern North America.
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Origin Native Native
Conservation status Not of concern Sensitive in Washington (WANHP)
Sibling taxa
C. acrostichoides, C. stelleri
C. acrostichoides, C. cascadensis
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