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Hemionitis bradburyi (Hook.) Christenh.

Pteridaceae · Kansas, Missouri +17

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Habitat figuresfrom few records
Cold floor (1 night in 100)
-5.2°C
Record low -17.1 °C in 44 years, at a typical spot in the range NASA POWER
Warmest month, mean daily high
35°C
Jul and Aug at the habitat CHELSA
Rain a year (median across the range)
716mm
12 months of 25 mm or more in the median year CHELSA
Open-sky light
18–44DLI
Lowest to highest month (DLI) CHELSA
The year in your months, northern hemisphere
  1. Jan
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun
  7. Jul
  8. Aug
  9. Sep
  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec
Rain spread: 70% of the median year's rain takes 8 months, so no short rainy season. rain rule, CHELSA
Northern hemisphere unless you set your site. The chart is in the habitat's months.

From few records: 3 records in 3 grid cells. The records.

Cultivation

Seasons

The rain rule reads no short rainy season: 70% of the median year's rain (548 mm of 717 mm) takes 8 months, February to June and September to November. Mean temperature moves 19.7 °C between the warmest and coldest month. Months are the habitat's, northern hemisphere; shifted six months for a southern-hemisphere collection: March to May and August to December.

Rain

717 mm in the median year at the habitat, 548 mm of it February to June and September to November. Wettest month June at 99 mm, driest month January at 39 mm. Across the grid cells of the range the year's total runs 561 mm to 722 mm, the 10th to 90th percentile of each cell's own year. The median of the cells' own yearly totals, 716 mm, is the year's rain at the top of the page; the 717 mm here is the median year's, the twelve monthly medians added, which the rain rule reads. Habitat calendar, northern hemisphere; median year across the grid cells of the range, CHELSA.

Light

Open sky over the habitat: 18 to 44 mol/m²/day across the year (daily light integral, median year across the grid cells of the range, CHELSA; the lowest 10th-percentile month across the cells is 16, the highest 90th-percentile month 51).

Warmth and air
Temperature

Coldest: the 1st-percentile night over 44 years at a typical spot in the range is -5.2 °C, the absolute minimum -17.1 °C, 1,127 frost nights in 44 years, 25.6 a year (NASA POWER daily minima). Warmest: the 99th-percentile day is 41.2 °C. Monthly means: the coldest month's mean nightly low 5.1 °C in January (across the grid cells of the range -4.2 °C to 5.2 °C), the warmest month's mean daily high 34.6 °C in July and August (median year across the grid cells of the range, CHELSA). Cold floor: -5.2 °C, which is the 1st-percentile night over 44 years at a typical spot in the range (NASA POWER).

Humidity

Relative humidity at the habitat: 54 to 58% across the year (monthly means, median year across the grid cells of the range, CHELSA). A figure about the air, saying nothing about how the plant takes water.

How this section is made

Each card states this species' habitat figures with their sources, and what two fixed rules read from them; nothing here says what the plant does, wants or tolerates. The rules · the terms.

Seasons. Read from the median year of CHELSA monthly rainfall and mean temperature across the grid cells of the range: the rain rule takes the smallest set of months carrying 70% of the rain and calls it winter when its mean is more than half a degree below the year's, summer when more than that above, and neither in between; the temperature rule, used only under 120 mm, names the cooler six months when they are at least a degree cooler than the other six. Months are shifted for the other hemisphere only where the temperature curve moves 4 °C or more and the habitat lies 10° or more from the equator. A reading of the curves, not an observation of the plant.

Rain. CHELSA monthly precipitation, median year across the grid cells of the range. The rain that falls where the species is recorded; nothing about how the plant takes water.

Light. CHELSA shortwave radiation at each envelope cell, a daily-mean flux taken to a daily total and converted at 2.07 mol of PAR per MJ. The sky over the habitat, measured; what reaches a plant under a rock, a shrub or a shade cloth is not.

Temperature. NASA POWER daily minima and maxima over 44 years at a typical spot in the range, lapse-corrected -44 m to its elevation; CHELSA monthly means, median year across the grid cells of the range. The cold floor is the 1st-percentile night named in its sentence. Not a measured survival limit for any plant in a pot.

Humidity. CHELSA relative humidity, median year across the grid cells of the range.

Climate across the habitat

From few records: this habitat climate is read from 3 records in 3 grid cells; a page says so under 12 records or 5 cells, and shows the figures as read.

Habitat months, northern hemisphere

Habitat climate of Hemionitis bradburyi through the yearWarmest months July and August, mean daily high 35 °C; coldest month January, mean nightly low 5.1 °C; 717 mm of rain in the median year (the twelve monthly medians added). Medians across the range, from CHELSA; the extremes at the edge from NASA POWER. Habitat months, northern hemisphere.-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°50°frost41.2° 99th-percentile day, NASA POWER-17.1° lowest night in 44 years, NASA POWER°C · day and nightcold quarter0255075100mm rainDLI 18–44RH 54–58%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
day night rain medians and 10th–90th percentile across 3 habitat cells, CHELSA cold quarter: the three months around the coldest month's mean nightly low extremes over 44 years at a typical spot in the range, from NASA POWER, marked at the edge, in no month DLI, mol/m²/dayRH %each on its own scale
Figures by month
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Day °C17 / 8–1719 / 10–1923 / 14–2327 / 19–2730 / 23–3033 / 27–3335 / 28–3535 / 26–3531 / 24–3127 / 19–2721 / 12–2117 / 7–17
Night °C5 / -4–57 / -3–711 / 0–1115 / 4–1519 / 8–1922 / 13–2324 / 15–2424 / 14–2421 / 12–2116 / 6–1611 / 0–116 / -4–6
Rain mm39 / 38–3948 / 37–4862 / 38–6353 / 23–5487 / 30–8899 / 33–9946 / 45–8940 / 39–9464 / 58–6579 / 50–8156 / 31–5744 / 40–45
DLI20 / 18–2024 / 23–2430 / 30–3337 / 37–4339 / 38–4942 / 42–5144 / 44–4541 / 40–4134 / 34–3527 / 26–2720 / 19–2118 / 16–18
RH %56 / 48–5656 / 49–5656 / 47–5655 / 43–5558 / 41–5857 / 40–5754 / 50–5454 / 53–5455 / 50–5556 / 48–5657 / 47–5757 / 47–57
How this section is made
Each figure is the median across the 3 grid cells holding the 3 in-range records, with the 10th–90th percentile span across those cells after the slash where it differs. A dash is a month one or more of those cells has no figure for in the grid (a variable CHELSA does not carry there), so no median is taken rather than one over fewer cells. Extremes and elevation were read at a typical spot in the range, cell 1184:1632 (30.775, -98.375). Over 44 years there: absolute minimum -17.1 °C, 1st-percentile night -5.2 °C, 99th-percentile day 41.2 °C. Normals: CHELSA V2.1 1981–2010 climatology, 0.05° cells (each the mean of ~36 1 km pixels). Across the range: median and 10th–90th percentile of each month across the 3 distinct grid cells holding 3 of the 3 in-range records; extremes and elevation at the typical cell 1184:1632 (its coldest month's mean nightly low nearest the median across cells); its position is the cell centre. Extremes: NASA POWER (MERRA-2) daily 1981–2024, cell 31.00_-98.125, lapse-corrected -44 m at 6.5 °C/km. Elevation: ETOPO 2022, 312 m (cell mean).

Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.
Openly licensed records inside the range, framed on where they fall.

This species has no GBIF key of its own. Its records are GBIF's under the keys of the names Kew's World Checklist holds as this plant: 3746864 (Cheilanthes bradburyi Hook., 0 records), 3747212 (Myriopteris bradburyi (Hook.) J.Sm., 0 records), 9791249 (Hemionitis bradburyi (Hook.) Christenh., 4 records). No name was matched to GBIF; the keys are read from Kew's synonymy. How.

NativeKansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest · regions are the level-3 units of the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, as Kew's World Checklist records ranges, some under historical names such as Yugoslavia or Czechoslovakia (how).
Kew's description“temperate” · quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here
Evidence usedThe map marker and the climate across the range rest on all 3 georeferenced records inside the native range; the map shows only the 2 openly licensed ones, which alone would put the marker in the same place. 1 record outside the WCVP native range not used. Under a dozen records behind the map and the climate.
Other GBIF keysRecords also from GBIF's key 3746864 (Cheilanthes bradburyi Hook.): Kew's file holds it as Cheilanthes bradburyi Hook. (synonym under Hemionitis bradburyi (Hook.) Christenh.); 0 records, from GBIF's search API on the day of the build.Records also from GBIF's key 3747212 (Myriopteris bradburyi (Hook.) J.Sm.): Kew's file holds it as Myriopteris bradburyi (Hook.) J.Sm. (synonym under Hemionitis bradburyi (Hook.) Christenh.); 0 records, from GBIF's search API on the day of the build.Records also from GBIF's key 9791249 (Hemionitis bradburyi (Hook.) Christenh.): Kew's file holds it as Hemionitis bradburyi (Hook.) Christenh. (accepted); 4 records, from GBIF's download.

Photographs

Not checked. iNaturalist and GBIF media were skipped (not asked) when this page was built. Not a statement that none exist.

Similar habitat climate The 6 nearest by mean daily high, mean nightly low and rain, month by month. How.

Amblyolepis setigera Amblyolepis setigera Huisache daisy Photo: CC BY, IDClaireChloris cucullata Chloris cucullata Hooded windmill grass Photo: CC BY, Frankie SimmonsPrunus minutiflora Prunus minutiflora Texas almond Photo: CC0, author not statedYucca constricta Yucca constricta Buckley's yucca Photo: CC BY, beth_snowPhacelia congesta Phacelia congesta Blue-curls Photo: CC BY-SA, Turner BrockmanCarex perdentata Carex perdentata Sand sedge Photo: CC BY-SA, Sharon Walker

Other Hemionitis 74 in the reference

Hemionitis acrostica Hemionitis acrostica Pteridaceae Photo: CC BY-SA, Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz Hemionitis alabamensis Pteridaceae Hemionitis arifolia Pteridaceae Hemionitis aspera Pteridaceae Hemionitis atropurpurea Pteridaceae Hemionitis bonariensis Pteridaceae Hemionitis breweri Pteridaceae Hemionitis bridgesii Pteridaceae Hemionitis calidirupium Pteridaceae Hemionitis californica Pteridaceae Hemionitis calomelanos Pteridaceae Hemionitis cardiomorpha Pteridaceae all 75 ›

Names & registers

Also known as Myriopteris tomentosa; Eriochasma tomentosa; Cheilanthes bradburyi; Cheilanthes tomentosa; Allosorus tomentosus and 1 more. (WCVP, RBG Kew)

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The record

Family
Pteridaceae
Described by
(Hook.) Christenh.
Native to
Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma +16
Wild records
3 in range · 2 open

Every figure here is derived from public data by a stated rule and names its source; nothing about this species is written for its page by a person or by AI, apart from the marked, credited quotations. How →

Where this page came from built 2026-10-22
Kew's names (WCVP) kew.names answeredas of 2026-06-04Kew's entry Hemionitis bradburyi (Hook.) Christenh. (plant_name_id 3218316), read from Kew's names file
GBIF species record gbif.species not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF synonyms gbif.synonyms not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF common names gbif.vernacular not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
WCVP native range wcvp.distribution answeredas of 2026-06-04
GBIF occurrence records gbif.occurrences answeredasked 2026-10-22this species has no GBIF key of its own; its records are read under GBIF's keys for the names Kew's file holds as this plant, never by a name matched; GBIF occurrence download https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.hbdw64, of 2026-10-21; 0 records of GBIF's key 3746864, Cheilanthes bradburyi Hook. (Kew's file holds it as Cheilanthes bradburyi Hook. (synonym under Hemionitis bradburyi (Hook.) Christenh.)): GBIF occurrence search API; 0 records of GBIF's key 3747212, Myriopteris bradburyi (Hook.) J.Sm. (Kew's file holds it as Myriopteris bradburyi (Hook.) J.Sm. (synonym under Hemionitis bradburyi (Hook.) Christenh.)): GBIF occurrence search API; 4 records of GBIF's key 9791249, Hemionitis bradburyi (Hook.) Christenh. (Kew's file holds it as Hemionitis bradburyi (Hook.) Christenh. (accepted)): the GBIF download
Habitat climate climate answeredasked 2026-10-22
Daily extremes (NASA POWER) climate.extremes answeredasked 2026-10-22NASA POWER (MERRA-2) daily 1981–2024, cell 31.00_-98.125, lapse-corrected -44 m at 6.5 °C/km
Wikidata wikidata answeredasked 2026-10-22found by Kew's IPNI identifier 77182567-1, POWO 77182567-1
Wikipedia wikipedia nothing to reportasked 2026-10-22
iNaturalist taxon inat.taxon not asked
iNaturalist photographs, wild inat.photos.wild not asked
iNaturalist photographs, cultivated inat.photos.cultivated not asked
GBIF media gbif.media not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
Wikimedia Commons commons nothing to reportasked 2026-10-22
OpenAlex papers openalex not askednot yet asked for this reference; a later fill takes the papers from OpenAlex's snapshot

Every source is recorded as having answered, reported nothing, refused, failed, not been asked, or answered twice where one answer is taken (“not taken: two items answered”), and, for a source asked when this page was built, when: the figures are as the source held them that day; a source read from a file (Kew's World Checklist, a GBIF download) says "as of" the file's day instead; a row carried from an earlier build of the page names that build instead. Only “nothing to report” is ever shown as an absence. Records came from 3 datasets via GBIF.org; each carries its own licence.

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