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Argyrochosma incana
Also called Hairy Falsecloak Fern
Hairy false cloak fern is a small rock-dwelling fern from the southwestern US, Mexico and Central America that grows in rock crevices, banks and pine-oak woods. It is best kept in a gritty, well-drained spot with some shade and humidity.
Argyrochosma incana, the hairy false cloak fern, is a fern known from the southwestern United States through Mexico to Costa Rica, and from a disjunct population in the Dominican Republic. It grows on rocky slopes and steep banks, often in forests. Like many of the false cloak ferns, it bears white powder on the underside of its leaves. First described as a species in 1825, it was transferred to the new genus Argyrochosma in 1987.
Argyrochosma incana is known from New Mexico and Arizona south through most of the states of Mexico to Guatemala, and also as a disjunct in the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica.
Argyrochosma chilensis · Argyrochosma connectens · Powdery false cloak fern · Argyrochosma delicatula · Fendler's false cloak fern · Argyrochosma formosa · Jones' false cloak fern · Southwestern false cloak fern · Argyrochosma lumholtzii · Small-leaf false cloak fern · Argyrochosma nivea · Argyrochosma pallens
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