[Ferns West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Indian's Dream, Oregon Cliff Brake, Podfern

Aspidotis densa

Synonyms: Cheilanthes siliquosa, Cryptogramma densa, Onychium densum, Pellaea densa

Indian's Dream, Oregon Cliff Brake, Podfern: Aspidotis densa (Synonyms: Cheilanthes siliquosa, Cryptogramma densa, Onychium densum, Pellaea densa)

Podfern observed in California along the Pacific Crest Trail #2000 on the saddle above Echo Lake, just east of the Red Buttes Wilderness, Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest......July 14, 2020. This was on the boundary with the Klamath National Forest.

Indian's Dream, Oregon Cliff Brake, Podfern: Aspidotis densa (Synonyms: Cheilanthes siliquosa, Cryptogramma densa, Onychium densum, Pellaea densa)


Indian's Dream, Oregon Cliff Brake, Podfern: Aspidotis densa (Synonyms: Cheilanthes siliquosa, Cryptogramma densa, Onychium densum, Pellaea densa)

Podfern as seen on gravelly soils at the Rough and Ready Botanical Wayside in southwestern Oregon...........April 29, 2012.

Indian's Dream, Oregon Cliff Brake, Podfern: Aspidotis densa (Synonyms: Cheilanthes siliquosa, Cryptogramma densa, Onychium densum, Pellaea densa)

Podfern as seen on serpentine slopes along the Canyon Mountain Trail #218, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness.........August 1, 2011.

Indian's Dream, Oregon Cliff Brake, Podfern: Aspidotis densa (Synonyms: Cheilanthes siliquosa, Cryptogramma densa, Onychium densum, Pellaea densa) - Frond of Indian's Dream, Oregon Cliff Brake, Podfern: Aspidotis densa (Synonyms: Cheilanthes siliquosa, Cryptogramma densa, Onychium densum, Pellaea densa)

A mat of podferns as seen on a rocky point on the southeastern shoulder of Wedge Mountain, Wenatchee National Forest.........June 8, 2009.

Indian's Dream, Oregon Cliff Brake, Podfern: Aspidotis densa (Synonyms: Cheilanthes siliquosa, Cryptogramma densa, Onychium densum, Pellaea densa)

Podfern as seen on Baldy Mt., Strawberry Mountain Wilderness..........July 2, 2010.

ndian's Dream, Oregon Cliff Brake, Podfern: Aspidotis densa (Synonyms: Cheilanthes siliquosa, Cryptogramma densa, Onychium densum, Pellaea densa)

Podfern seen on serpentine gravels along the Illinois River Road in the Siskiyou Region of Oregon........April 5, 2017.

Paul Slichter