Notholaena californica ssp. californica Calflora

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Taxon Report

Notholaena californica D. C. Eaton ssp. californica

California cloak fern

2019 Matt Berger

Notholaena californica ssp. californica is a fern that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~85 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Parent:	Notholaena californica
Genus:	Notholaena
Family:	Pteridaceae
Category:	fern
PLANTS group:	Fern
Jepson eFlora section: fern

Communities: Coastal Sage Scrub, Creosote Bush Scrub

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Aleuritopteris cretacea ssp. nigrescens
PLANTS	Aleuritopteris cretacea
PLANTS	Cheilanthes deserti
PLANTS	Notholaena californica ssp. nigrescens
PLANTS	Notholaena candida var. accessita

Information about Notholaena californica ssp. californica from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. USDA PLANTS Profile (NOCAC2) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 07/12/2025).