Astrolepis cochisensis
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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 occupies mainly desert habitat, often on calcareous soils
. The fern grows from a short rhizome
. Its leaves are less than 10 centimeters long and are made up of several multilobed, rounded leaflets. The leaflets are coated in star-shaped scales on the upper surface, and hairy lance-shaped scales beneath.
Fern
A fern is any one of a group of about 12,000 species of plants belonging to the botanical group known as Pteridophyta. Unlike mosses, they have xylem and phloem . They have stems, leaves, and roots like other vascular plants...
known by the common name Cochise scaly cloak fern. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where occupies mainly desert habitat, often on calcareous soils
Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....
. The fern grows from a short rhizome
Rhizome
In botany and dendrology, a rhizome is a characteristically horizontal stem of a plant that is usually found underground, often sending out roots and shoots from its nodes...
. Its leaves are less than 10 centimeters long and are made up of several multilobed, rounded leaflets. The leaflets are coated in star-shaped scales on the upper surface, and hairy lance-shaped scales beneath.