PTERIDACEAE

(Maidenhair fern Family)

Argyrochosma limitanea (Maxon) Windham subsp. limitanea

Southwestern false cloak fern

(Apogamous triploid)

A. limitanea is the only agogamous triploid representative of the genus in the United States. Another subspecies also occurs in New Mexico (see A. limitanea subsp. mexicana







Victorio Canyon, Florida Mountains, Luna County     16 September 2005