Astrolepis cochisensis is a species of fern known by the common name Cochise scaly cloak fern. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it occupies mainly desert habitat, often on calcareous soils.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Scaly cloak-fern being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Astrolepis integerrima
- Astrolepis windhamii
- Astrolepis crassifolia
- Cheilanthes micropteris
- Astrolepis sinuata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Order
- Polypodiales
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Genus
- Astrolepis
- Species
- Astrolepis cochisensis
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