Gastony’s cliff-brake

By Larry Halverson/Friends of Kootenay 

Not the prettiest plant to photograph but I was excited when I found it the other day growing in a limestone cliff crevice near Columbia Lake.

It is a Gastony’s cliff-brake (Pellaea gastonyi), a blue listed fern in B.C., which means it is at risk. They are quite rare and have only been recored a few times in southeastern B.C. A couple other local sites include the rock cliffs above Dry Gulch and the Radium Hot Springs pools.

Gastony’s cliff-brake, a rare B.C. Fern – by Larry Halverson

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