Calflora
Taxon  Report   10155    
Notholaena californica  D. C. Eaton  ssp. californica 
California cloak fern
Notholaena californica ssp. californica, a pteridophyte, is a fern that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial

Bloom Period

Communities: Coastal Sage Scrub, Creosote Bush Scrub
Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS
Alternate Names:
PLANTSAleuritopteris cretacea ssp. nigrescens
PLANTSAleuritopteris cretacea
PLANTSCheilanthes deserti
PLANTSNotholaena californica ssp. nigrescens
PLANTSNotholaena candida var. accessita
More information about  Notholaena californica ssp. californica
Nursery availability from CNPLX
Commercial availability unknown.
USDA PLANTS Profile (NOCAC2)

BONAP Distribution Map

International Plants Names Index

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Consortium of California Herbaria 2

Suggested Citation
Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2021. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/   (Accessed: 07/27/2021).