Notholaena

The genus Notholaena (or cloak ferns) consists of around 30 species, 24 of which are endemic to Mexico, with 12 species occuring in the United States. They are typically found on or amoung rocks in warm, seasonally dry areas.

A single species, Notholaena californica, is endemic to California.

Previously, Notholaena has been classified as what we now know as the genus Argyrochosma, or included in the genus Cheilanthes.

Click here for a distribution map for Notholaena in the United States and Canada (U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service).

Click here for Notholaena in the the Encyclopedia of Life.

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