Pronunciation: sis-TOP-ter-is fra-JIL-is
Common name: Brittle fern
Family: Woodsiaceae (Cliff fern)
Habitat: Moist, rocky and shady places to 10,000',
meadows, banks, streamsides, Transverse Range,
Peninsular Range, Santa Cruz Island
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Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Cystopteris
2) fragilis