Le Jardin de Mère Nature dans une Petite Planète - Pima County

Pteridaceae: The Maidenhair Fern Family
Argyrochosma jonesii (W.R. Maxon) M.D. Windham: Jones’ False Cloak Fern
SYNONYMY: Cheilanthes jonesii (W.R. Maxon) P.A. Munz, Notholaena jonesii W.R. Maxon,
Pellaea jonesii (W.R. Maxon) C.V. Morton. COMMON NAMES: Jones’ Cloak Fern, Jones’ False Cloak
Fern, Jone’s Lipfern, Jones Lipfern. DESCRIPTION: Terrestrial perennial evergreen forb/herb (fronds
are 2 to 5 inches in length); the leaf blades are dark blue-green with dark brown to reddish-brown stipes;
sporulation generally takes place spring through fall. HABITAT: Within the range of this species it has
been reported from cliffs; rock walls; ledges; rocky slopes, and crevices growing in dry rocky ground,
occurring from 1,900 to 6,300 feet in elevation. NOTES: This plant may be an attractive component of a
restored native habitat. Argyrochosma jonesii is native to southwest-central and southern North America.
*5, 6, 43 (062910), 46 (Pellaea jonesii (Maxon) Morton Page 37), 51 (recorded as Notholaena jonesii,
color photograph), 63 (062910), 85 (062910 - color presentation of dried material, unable to access
species information), 122, 138 (recorded as Notholaena jonesii)
Astrolepis cochisensis (L.N. Goodding) D.M. Benham & M.D. Windham subsp. cochisensis: Cochise
Scaly Cloakfern
SYNONYMY: Notholaena cochisensis L.N. Goodding, Notholaena sinuata (M. Lagasca y
Segura ex O. Swartz) G.F. Kaulfuss var. cochisensis (L.N. Goodding) C.A. Weatherby. COMMON
NAMES: Cloak Fern, Cochise’s Cloak Fern, Cochise Scaly Cloakfern, Helechillo (Hispanic), Jimmy
Fern, Jimmyfern, Narrow Cloakfern, Scaly Cloak Fern, Scaly Star Fern. DESCRIPTION: Terrestrial
perennial evergreen forb/herb (fronds are 3 to 12 inches in length); the leaf blades are olive green or green
above and reddish-brown beneath with brown to reddish-brown stipes; sporulation generally takes place
summer through fall. HABITAT: Within the range of this species it has been reported from mountains;
mountainsides; cliffs; bouldery-sandy and rocky canyons; rocky and sandy canyon walls; talus slopes;
bases of cliffs; crevices in rocks; buttes; rocky ledges; rocky and silty-loamy ridges; foothills; hills; rocky
and gravelly-loamy hillsides; rocky, stony, gravelly-loamy and clayey-loamy slopes; rocky outcrops;
amongst boulders and rocks; on boulders; flats; basins; valley floors; arroyos; rocky draws; along
streams; in bouldery streambeds; in rocks along creeks; along and in sandy washes, and riparian areas
growing in dry bouldery, bouldery-sandy, rocky, stony and sandy ground and gravelly loam, clayey loam
and silty loam ground, occurring from 1,100 to 8,500 feet in elevation in the woodland, scrub, grassland,
desertscrub and wetland ecological formations. NOTES: This plant may be an attractive component of a
restored native habitat. Astrolepis cochisensis subsp. cochisensis is native to southwest-central and
southern North America. *5, 6, 15 (recorded as Notholaena cochisensis Goodding), 16 (recorded as
Notholaena cochisensis Goodding), 28 (color photograph of Notholaena cochisensis), 43 (081009), 46
(recorded as Notholaena sinuata (Lag.) Kaulf. var. cochisensis (Goodding) Weatherby, Page 41), 51
(color photograph of Notholaena cochisensis), 63 (081009), 77 (recorded as Notholaena cochisensis
Goodd.), 80 (Notholaena sinuata var. cochisensis is listed as a Secondary Poisonous Range Plant.
“Apparently only the variety cochisensis is poisonous. The nature of the poison is unknown but it is
excreted in the milk and is not destroyed by drying of the plant. Sheep are most susceptible, especially
pregnant ewes, but goats and cattle may be poisoned. ... The danger is greatest from the middle of
November through February when other forage is dry and the evergreen fern remains succulent and
relatively palatable. ... Losses may be prevented by deferring infested ranges during the danger period or
by feeding supplements.” See text for additional information.), 85 (081009 - color presentation of dried
material), 115 (color presentation of species), 122, 138 (recorded as Notholaena cochisensis)*
Astrolepis sinuata (M. Lagasca y Segura ex O. Swartz) D.M. Benham & M.D. Windham subsp.
sinuata: Wavy Scaly Cloakfern